Stories inspired by the antiques and vintage pieces in the Marple Antiques collection — imagining the rooms they have inhabited, the hands that have held them and the moments they may have witnessed.
If This Piece Could Talk
When Major Edward Harcourt leaves London for South Africa in 1899, an unlikely possession travels with him: a silver table lighter, packed for the quiet evenings he hopes to share with his fellow officers. An imagined story inspired by an 1894 piece now at Marple Antiques.
If This Piece Could Talk
Step inside a Meiji-period Japanese workshop and discover the imagined story of a small sumo wrestler netsuke, carved as an old tradition met a changing world. Inspired by a genuine antique from Marple Antiques.
If This Piece Could Talk
A Victorian card case remembers the names, hands and lives it once knew — an imagined story inspired by a beautiful antique from Marple Antiques.
If This Piece Could Talk
Discover the imagined lives of antique and vintage pieces from Marple Antiques, and the moments, people and stories they may have witnessed along the way.