On Monday, November 29, 1999 at 8:00:00 AM UTC, jki...@burgoyne.com wrote:

Need more info on designer for pricing to sell at auction.
I have a beautiful 13" coal fireplace tool set with intricately
designed Mayflower ships on top of each tool and the stand. The bottom
of stand has inscription Reg. Design, Made in England, IANTHE. The
logo for Ianthe is a round-ended rectangle with "IANTHE" in the
middle. I have found a couple of small Ianthe items on E-Bay (i.e.
silver plated egg cups and a candle holder) but nothing resembling my
coal fireplace tool set. Any information on who Ianthe is or how to
contact the company in England would be greatly appreciated. Found
nothing on my 2 weeks of internet searching.

Sorry for the rudeness you have experienced, this is not typical of the English but you found yourself some thoroughly arrogant and horrible people. The answer to your question in Ianthe was a trademark of Ian Heath Ltd of Birmingham, England.

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On Monday, November 29, 1999 at 8:00:00 AM UTC, jki...@burgoyne.com wrote:

Need more info on designer for pricing to sell at auction.
I have a beautiful 13" coal fireplace tool set with intricately
designed Mayflower ships on top of each tool and the stand. The bottom
of stand has inscription Reg. Design, Made in England, IANTHE. The
logo for Ianthe is a round-ended rectangle with "IANTHE" in the
middle. I have found a couple of small Ianthe items on E-Bay (i.e.
silver plated egg cups and a candle holder) but nothing resembling my
coal fireplace tool set. Any information on who Ianthe is or how to
contact the company in England would be greatly appreciated. Found
nothing on my 2 weeks of internet searching.

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penniepost@gmail.com wrote:

On Monday, November 29, 1999 at 8:00:00 AM UTC, jki...@burgoyne.com wrote:

Need more info on designer for pricing to sell at auction.
I have a beautiful 13" coal fireplace tool set with intricately
designed Mayflower ships on top of each tool and the stand. The bottom
of stand has inscription Reg. Design, Made in England, IANTHE. The
logo for Ianthe is a round-ended rectangle with "IANTHE" in the
middle. I have found a couple of small Ianthe items on E-Bay (i.e.
silver plated egg cups and a candle holder) but nothing resembling my
coal fireplace tool set. Any information on who Ianthe is or how to
contact the company in England would be greatly appreciated. Found
nothing on my 2 weeks of internet searching.

Sorry!

"IANTHE" would just have been one of the trillion foundries/metalwork
shops churning out crap from the late Victorian period onwards. Some
ofthese firms still exist in the Midlands today. Hate to say this, but personally I would not even admit to my closest friend if I was in
possession of such a mass produced set here in the UK.....almost unsaleable....but $10 on a good day!"
--
Loudon Briggs larebe@bbz.net Phoenix, Arizona, USA)

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On Monday, 29 November 1999 08:00:00 UTC, jki...@burgoyne.com wrote:

Need more info on designer for pricing to sell at auction.
I have a beautiful 13" coal fireplace tool set with intricately
designed Mayflower ships on top of each tool and the stand. The bottom
of stand has inscription Reg. Design, Made in England, IANTHE. The
logo for Ianthe is a round-ended rectangle with "IANTHE" in the
middle. I have found a couple of small Ianthe items on E-Bay (i.e.
silver plated egg cups and a candle holder) but nothing resembling my
coal fireplace tool set. Any information on who Ianthe is or how to
contact the company in England would be greatly appreciated. Found
nothing on my 2 weeks of internet searching.

Ianthe - Trdemark of Ian Heath Ltd of Birmingham from 1952 - http://www.925-1000.com/silverplate_I.html

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On Monday, November 29, 1999 at 8:00:00 AM UTC, jki...@burgoyne.com wrote:

Need more info on designer for pricing to sell at auction.
I have a beautiful 13" coal fireplace tool set with intricately
designed Mayflower ships on top of each tool and the stand. The bottom
of stand has inscription Reg. Design, Made in England, IANTHE. The
logo for Ianthe is a round-ended rectangle with "IANTHE" in the
middle. I have found a couple of small Ianthe items on E-Bay (i.e.
silver plated egg cups and a candle holder) but nothing resembling my
coal fireplace tool set. Any information on who Ianthe is or how to
contact the company in England would be greatly appreciated. Found
nothing on my 2 weeks of internet searching

What a nasty, arrogant pair of snobs you have stumbled upon on this site! Quite a lot of Iolanthe products are attractive and made for a certain market. in reality ,despite what these pillocks say,Ianthe looks much the same as anything else in silver
plated wear or brass etc.. The value is low but should get about £20 on ebay for a full set of fire tools

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On Monday, November 29, 1999 at 8:00:00 AM UTC, jki...@burgoyne.com wrote:

Need more info on designer for pricing to sell at auction.
I have a beautiful 13" coal fireplace tool set with intricately
designed Mayflower ships on top of each tool and the stand. The bottom
of stand has inscription Reg. Design, Made in England, IANTHE. The
logo for Ianthe is a round-ended rectangle with "IANTHE" in the
middle. I have found a couple of small Ianthe items on E-Bay (i.e.
silver plated egg cups and a candle holder) but nothing resembling my
coal fireplace tool set. Any information on who Ianthe is or how to
contact the company in England would be greatly appreciated. Found
nothing on my 2 weeks of internet searching.

What a petty ,nasty pair of snobs

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Ianthe was a company owned by Mr Ian Heath who resided in Birmingham. His company made silver plate and metal cast fire irons which were exported as well as sold in the UK. I worked for an indent Agent in Johannesburg in the 1960’s and Ianthe was a
company who we represented. Mr Heath was highly regarded and used to visit SA every few years.

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I agree what a pair of stuck up twats. Some one has a no friends and a small p nis.
Hopefully as this question is antique they are no longer answering question. The poster now has almost 18 years experience hopefully he has taken their place.

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On Monday, 29 November 1999 08:00:00 UTC, jon.d2...@ukonline.co.uk wrote:

Need more info on designer for pricing to sell at auction.
I have a beautiful 13" coal fireplace tool set with intricately
designed Mayflower ships on top of each tool and the stand. The

bottom

of stand has inscription Reg. Design, Made in England, IANTHE. The
logo for Ianthe is a round-ended rectangle with "IANTHE" in the
middle. I have found a couple of small Ianthe items on E-Bay (i.e.
silver plated egg cups and a candle holder) but nothing resembling

my

coal fireplace tool set. Any information on who Ianthe is or how

contact the company in England would be greatly appreciated. Found >nothing on my 2 weeks of internet searching.

"IANTHE" would just have been one of the trillion foundries/metalwork
shops churning out crap from the late Victorian period onwards. Some
ofthese firms still exist in the Midlands today. Hate to say this, but personally I would not even admit to my closest friend if I was in
possession of such a mass produced set here in the UK.....almost unsaleable....but $10 on a good day!

It still seems difficult for some contributors to get the scale of
mass production here in the UK from, say, 1880 onwards.I know I don't
often rise to this these days, but to ask about a 'designer' and look
for 'information on IANTHE' shows no understanding whatsoever in the difference between craftsmanship and crap.....and why on Earth would
you contact the company in England??????[Hello, Mr Jones.....are you
the director of IANTHE Metalworks and Associated Crap Casting
Ltd....yes... could you tell me everything about a wonderful Edwardian
piece of yours I have........do what with it, you say????..sorry the
line is rather bad from the States.......DO WHAT??....well there's no
need to.. (click...Mr Jones slams the phone down and then promptly
wets himself laughing)
Jon
"Tell it like it is antiques"

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you really suck.

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On Monday, 29 November 1999 08:00:00 UTC, Ronnie McKinley wrote:

In rec.antiques, jkinzle@burgoyne.com wrote:

Need more info on designer for pricing to sell at auction.
I have a beautiful 13" coal fireplace tool set with intricately
designed Mayflower ships on top of each tool and the stand. The bottom
of stand has inscription Reg. Design, Made in England, IANTHE. The
logo for Ianthe is a round-ended rectangle with "IANTHE" in the
middle. I have found a couple of small Ianthe items on E-Bay (i.e.
silver plated egg cups and a candle holder) but nothing resembling my
coal fireplace tool set. Any information on who Ianthe is or how to
contact the company in England would be greatly appreciated. Found
nothing on my 2 weeks of internet searching.

Designer?? ... catch a grip for godsake!!

Ronnie
=====

you suck also.

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On Monday, November 29, 1999 at 8:00:00 AM UTC, jki...@burgoyne.com wrote:

Need more info on designer for pricing to sell at auction.
I have a beautiful 13" coal fireplace tool set with intricately
designed Mayflower ships on top of each tool and the stand. The bottom
of stand has inscription Reg. Design, Made in England, IANTHE. The
logo for Ianthe is a round-ended rectangle with "IANTHE" in the
middle. I have found a couple of small Ianthe items on E-Bay (i.e.
silver plated egg cups and a candle holder) but nothing resembling my
coal fireplace tool set. Any information on who Ianthe is or how to
contact the company in England would be greatly appreciated. Found
nothing on my 2 weeks of internet searching.

Hello "Ianthe" was a perfectly respectable manufacturer of silver plated and other articles of various types. They catered for the middle class market. I think the Lozenge shaped mark was used from c1951. Actually some very well made pierces of silver
plate (E.P E.P.N.S) is not marked at all. These are normally of later date. old silver plate which is not electro plated but made by sandwiching copper between silver and then rolling the heated metal into a sheet and then making the item is rarely
marked. This process ceased around the mid 1840s when the electro method took over.

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On Monday, 29 November 1999 08:00:00 UTC, jki...@burgoyne.com wrote:

Need more info on designer for pricing to sell at auction.
I have a beautiful 13" coal fireplace tool set with intricately
designed Mayflower ships on top of each tool and the stand. The bottom
of stand has inscription Reg. Design, Made in England, IANTHE. The
logo for Ianthe is a round-ended rectangle with "IANTHE" in the
middle. I have found a couple of small Ianthe items on E-Bay (i.e.
silver plated egg cups and a candle holder) but nothing resembling my
coal fireplace tool set. Any information on who Ianthe is or how to
contact the company in England would be greatly appreciated. Found
nothing on my 2 weeks of internet searching.

Hello - yes I am over 20 years too late but that's because I've been recently researching this company myself and came across this forum. Ianthe was the trademark of Ian Heath Ltd, Silversmiths, Birmingham. I have a fab atomic resin bowl of his -
nothing horrid, tacky or tasteless about it, just like your fireside companion set. I cannot believe how nasty and rude some of the comments were! If you are still around, I hope you found more info before this! Good luck and best wishes to you, Kerry
x

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On Monday, November 29, 1999 at 8:00:00 AM UTC, Ronnie McKinley wrote:

In rec.antiques, jkinzle@burgoyne.com wrote:

Need more info on designer for pricing to sell at auction.
I have a beautiful 13" coal fireplace tool set with intricately
designed Mayflower ships on top of each tool and the stand. The bottom
of stand has inscription Reg. Design, Made in England, IANTHE. The
logo for Ianthe is a round-ended rectangle with "IANTHE" in the
middle. I have found a couple of small Ianthe items on E-Bay (i.e.
silver plated egg cups and a candle holder) but nothing resembling my
coal fireplace tool set. Any information on who Ianthe is or how to
contact the company in England would be greatly appreciated. Found
nothing on my 2 weeks of internet searching.

Designer?? ... catch a grip for godsake!!

Ronnie
=====

Lanthe producer of of all sorts stuff, silver plated table utensils ware some of their lines. Not crap, for what it was on the label, fairly good quality.

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On Wednesday, April 1, 2020 at 3:14:54 PM UTC+1, mrsmo...@gmail.com wrote:

On Monday, 29 November 1999 08:00:00 UTC, jki...@burgoyne.com wrote:

Need more info on designer for pricing to sell at auction.
I have a beautiful 13" coal fireplace tool set with intricately
designed Mayflower ships on top of each tool and the stand. The bottom
of stand has inscription Reg. Design, Made in England, IANTHE. The
logo for Ianthe is a round-ended rectangle with "IANTHE" in the
middle. I have found a couple of small Ianthe items on E-Bay (i.e.
silver plated egg cups and a candle holder) but nothing resembling my
coal fireplace tool set. Any information on who Ianthe is or how to contact the company in England would be greatly appreciated. Found
nothing on my 2 weeks of internet searching.

Hello - yes I am over 20 years too late but that's because I've been recently researching this company myself and came across this forum. Ianthe was the trademark of Ian Heath Ltd, Silversmiths, Birmingham. I have a fab atomic resin bowl of his -

nothing horrid, tacky or tasteless about it, just like your fireside companion set. I cannot believe how nasty and rude some of the comments were! If you are still around, I hope you found more info before this! Good luck and best wishes to you, Kerry x
Wow the old dialup internet goings on are here

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Wow amazed at some of the comments here. This thread came up when I was looking for history on ianthe and even though the OP is over 20 years old, there is still limited info on this company even with all the access to data we have nowadays (good old
google :) which the OP would not have had access to (not easily anyway). No need for the “experts” to be so nasty and condescending when the OP was just seeking info on an item before selling. Nowadays it’s called online bullying but hopefully
they have now grown up a bit and learned some online etiquette along the way.

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