Portrait painted during active service, Italian Campaign, WWII.

Sir Henry Meux, plaster cast signed D Brucciani and Co., London 1900.

Copy of a C19 portrait, oil on canvas.

'A few years ago I inherited an oil painting of my father as a Royal Marine Commando. It was painted by an Italian Count during the Second World War. The portrait had been painted on thin plywood, recycled from the side of a tea chest, it had a heavy layer of dirty varnish and the underlying thin outer layer of ply had numerous splits. I asked Peter Martindale to clean and conserve this important heirloom, which he did with characteristic care and great expertise.'

Columba Cook, Wiltshire

Egyptian vase carved from alabaster.

Morning View of Westminster Bridge, C19 oil painting on canvas.

Family heirloom, C18 painted wooden dolls head.

C20 English landscape painting by Christopher Sanders, RA.

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