Our evolving stock of Bronze entrance doors has a new, and spectacular addition: The bronze front doors to The Morris Singer Foundry of 1931.

 

Morris Singer were responsible for an astonishing amount of bronze public statuary and architectural sculpture from Victorian times, and through both World Wars - by which point they were casting the work of Moore and Hepworth. An expanded history of these doors and the Morris Singer foundry can be found here, including a very long List of Works. You might remember the massive bronze doors we sold last year salvaged from the Barclays City of London HQ and pictured in a previous eNewsletter - they were also cast at the Morris Singer Foundry.

Clearances Arriving Daily
Don't feel that we only deal in high-value, historically important finds. We haven't forgotten our roots! Our "Door Store" is currently crammed with every conceivable type of reclaimed door - from the lowly to the impressive ... and door-knobs too (lovely run of reclaimed beehive knobs from a beautiful house in Oxford has just come in). We couldn't resist the useful clearance of hundreds of solid beechwood work-tops from Goldsmiths College. Currently we're well stocked with railings too.



Dealing in Yorkstone has become a vibrant part of our dealings here at The Three Pigeons; we are turning over glorious consignments of this characterful paving to enthusiastic landscapers and gardeners - the trick is to get the good stuff. You must see it to see how marvellous it is!

Upcycling - from Prison Bars to Wine Bars

 

Industrial Chic has a new sub-category: "Prison Chic"! Not only do we offer renovated and polished cell-doors but we can complete the scheme with cast-iron prison windows glazed as mirrors. They join the "Hi-Voltage Insulator Bar Stool" and "Tate Britain Marble Cheese-boards" (a must for Christmas!) and our other Warehouse Window mirrors. The boys in the workshop have these upcycling techniques down to a fine art.

 

Staff Favourites
A new feature on LASSCO eNewsletters! These Staff Picks are fresh in, they're not even on-line yet.

Tom:

Tom is rather taken with the pile of small and crisply carved stone capitals that we bought last week. We know them to be by E.W.Pugin for a Reredos panel. Edward Welby Pugin was eldest son of A.W.N. Pugin and we think these may have come from a church in Warwick (to be confirmed).

Amanda:

Amanda is enthused by the stained glass fragments that we've been hanging in the windows of the shop. A tweet from the BBC newsreader Huw Edwards has confirmed that his doppleganger portrait of a Belgian bishop was purely a co-incidence (he thought it looked more like Michael Aspel anyway). 

Ant:

Ant is chuffed to have bought the strange and rather wonderful wrought iron oil lantern. The current thinking is that it originates from Mali and was probably made in the early 20th Century in the Timbuktu area by Dogon or Bamana metalworkers - research continues (as does the photography!).
 

Events

Our Series of "Luminaries at LASSCO" continues: 
 

As above, Suzanne Higgins and team from Farrow & Ball will be here tomorrow, 23 October 2012, at 11am.



Details on the inspirational talk on how to use colour in the home can be found  Here. You are very welcome to just turn up but please ring if you are going to come as it's getting quite full! Contact Amanda on 01844 277189. We have an extra chef tomorrow too as we anticipate many will stay for lunch (pssst - there's a rumour that Farrow& Ball are coming with Goodie Bags!).

22nd November: Jennifer Woods, founder of The Canton Tea Company is going to enlighten us about the joys of Whole Leaf Tea.


We (you) are going to be tasting Vintage puerh and a cross section of Canton's range of fine teas: Thursday 22nd November 2012 11.00am. Again, contact Amanda on 01844 277189 if you'd like to join us and again, it's free.

December - We're now taking bookings at LASSCO Three Pigeons for Christmas meals. Our festive menu is perfect for groups of eight or more guests for either work or family parties and get togethers. The Festive menu is available throughout December for both lunch & dinner. Pre-ordering is requested so all you need to do is reserve a table and come along and enjoy your party!! 

 

Of 828 Oxfordshire restaurants listed on Tripadvisor, LASSCO Three Pigeons is now ranked .... wait for it .... FOURTH! See the Customer Reviews here. We serve a delicious light lunch Monday to Saturday. Chef Sam Atkinson offers up his established favourites; the specials board has had some superb recent entries! See the current menu here. 

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