Salvo Fair setting up: Massive decorative pub mirrors

Today on the Salvo Fair site, from Architectural Forum, Islington, came one of a few stunning Victorian pub mirrors. The mirrors stand around six foot high and are covered in gilded decorative lettering and borders. They were displayed at an exhibition in Whitechapel in 1951 for the Festival of Britain.

Tomorrow's Trade Day starts at 11am and entry is £15. Public days are Saturday and Sunday and admission is £8 on these days. Location is Knebworth House, twenty five miles north of London.

Iconic Victorian London pub mirrors at Salvo Fair

The Architectural Forum is bringing an iconic set of Victorian pub mirrors to Salvo Fair which appeared in a unique Festival of Britain show at Whitechapel Gallery in 1951 curated by artist Barbara Jones and called 'Black Eyes and Lemonade'.

This exceptional forty feet run of six antique mahogany framed pub mirrors was removed from a pub in Bermondsey. The mirrors are acid etched, with traditional gold leaf lettering, and gilded Corinthian capitals to the frames, which forms an overall ensemble 38ft long and 9ft high available for a cool £18,000.

The Salvo Fair is on at Knebworth on Fri 24th June (Trade Only) and open to the public on Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th June from 11am - 5pm (last admission 4pm).

Salvo Beano

Jason and Nadine of Architectural Forum were the first to be featured in a run of Period Living articles, leading up to the Salvo Fair. The article discusses their passion for salvage, interesting items they have bought and sold and past exhibitions at Salvo Fair.

Electrical insulator table

Architectural Forum, Islington London UK
Reuse of the week
A recrafted glass table made with a reclaimed ceramic electrical insulator base with polished ferrules.

Impressive 1911 London hotel urns and stunning 1920's stone doorway at Salvo Fair 2009

First stop at the Salvo Fair this year for many people will be the jumbo pitch shared by Jason Davies of Architectural Forum, Islington, London and Ed Pearce of V & V Reclamation, Herts. Jason and Ed make a herculean effort every year, being the first exhibitors on site, and normally the last to leave, and filling their artic lorry size pitch with all kinds of wonderous exhibits!

This year, making an appearance, will be two tall stone urns and a shield from the old Knightsbridge Palace Hotel, which was built in 1911. It was renamed the Normandie Hotel in 1937 and closed in 1977. Since then the site has been subject to many proposals, most involve returning to hotel use. In 2006, Waterloo Real Estate was granted permission to build a 155 room hotel for the Bulgaris hotel chain. As a result of the renovation the urns were removed from the hotel exterior from four storeys up.

Also on the V&V-Architectural Forum pitch will be a beautiful stone 10ft high doorway from St Barnabas Church vicarage, Lavender Hill in Battersea. The vicarage was built in 1926, and was demolished to make way for a smaller, more financially viable building, as many our these days.