Just beautiful objects

Just beautiful objects

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Blown2CV

28,697 posts

202 months

Friday 13th January 2017
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loughran said:
orangeLP400 said:



My office La Pavoni coffee machine.
There is no beauty in this picture. rofl
it may have been beautiful at one point!

BrassMan

1,482 posts

188 months

Wednesday 18th January 2017
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Rapier hilt from the Wallace collection. Bad photo from my phone.

waynedear

2,157 posts

166 months

Wednesday 18th January 2017
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loughran said:
orangeLP400 said:



My office La Pavoni coffee machine.
There is no beauty in this picture. rofl
With you there, I wouldn't even class it as nice or a little bit pretty.

sly fox

2,220 posts

218 months

Wednesday 18th January 2017
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anonymous said:
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This phrase gives a clue " Each piece is made to order, perfect for a home, yacht, hotel or office"

Zoon

6,654 posts

120 months

Wednesday 18th January 2017
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ZesPak said:
Prices are on the site.

The really, really huge ones are over 60k.
The one I posted is about 16k :/

That said, I know people who would spend that on a watch so...

Edited by ZesPak on Friday 13th January 16:21
Doesn't look like they sell many.

https://companycheck.co.uk/company/07504312/BELLER...

Adam B

27,142 posts

253 months

Thursday 19th January 2017
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shirt said:
1200 for a mini desk globe going by the site. The one I want is 59k!
I'd be a bit hacked off if I paid 59k and eg Yugoslavia reunited, making it instantly obsolete

ChemicalChaos

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10,360 posts

159 months

Thursday 19th January 2017
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Zoon said:
You'd only need to sell one big'un a year to have a pretty comfortable wage, even with say a 50% cost of production and premises

ZesPak

24,421 posts

195 months

Thursday 19th January 2017
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ChemicalChaos said:
You'd only need to sell one big'un a year to have a pretty comfortable wage, even with say a 50% cost of production and premises
30k/year income in the company is far from comfortable, you'd need that every quarter. And that's without staff.

The Beaver King

6,095 posts

194 months

Thursday 19th January 2017
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Risotto said:
Perhaps more of a cool object rather than a beautiful one, but how about Panasonic's CD/MP3 head unit, complete with vacuum tube amp and vu meters?

My boss is heavily into his Nagra stuff; which for the non-audiophiles amongst us, is really expensive hi-fi equipment. We're talking circa £5,000 for an amplifier eek

Anyway, he was showing me some pictures of his stuff and, I have to admit, it is quite beautiful equipment (in a weird 60's kinda way):









Think I'll stick with my bluetooth speaker at that price hehe

Silent1

19,761 posts

234 months

Thursday 19th January 2017
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Zoon said:
FYI rather than using those shady company check services, use companies house it's free usually has much more information and it's where the data is stored.

For instance: https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/0750431...

irocfan

40,153 posts

189 months

Thursday 19th January 2017
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Edited by irocfan on Thursday 19th January 19:30

bga

8,134 posts

250 months

Thursday 19th January 2017
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That new one is gorgeous :-)

Edited by bga on Thursday 19th January 19:47

Wacky Racer

38,099 posts

246 months

Thursday 19th January 2017
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1968 Triumph 650cc Bonneville.


ChemicalChaos

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10,360 posts

159 months

Thursday 19th January 2017
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I don't believe anyone has mentioned art deco "Cathedral" wireless sets yet....

Picture the 30s and you can just imagine one of these on a table in the corner of the lounge, softly playing Glen Miller with that warm fuzziness to it of AM broadcast.
One day I'd love to buy a non-functioning one of these beauties and discreetly fit modern DAB innards to it.






irocfan

40,153 posts

189 months

Thursday 19th January 2017
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ChemicalChaos said:
I don't believe anyone has mentioned art deco "Cathedral" wireless sets yet....

Picture the 30s and you can just imagine one of these on a table in the corner of the lounge, softly playing Glen Miller with that warm fuzziness to it of AM broadcast.
One day I'd love to buy a non-functioning one of these beauties and discreetly fit modern DAB innards to it.




you've just gone and reminded me of my late grandmother's radios (similar to those below), there were about 5 dotted round her house but they were all binned when she died eekweepingweeping






Grumpy Griff

177 posts

248 months

Thursday 19th January 2017
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I think this. Possibly one of the nicest sportscar shapes, ever.

Abbott

2,339 posts

202 months

Thursday 19th January 2017
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ChemicalChaos said:
Thanks, glad to see I can finally do something right!

Huntsman - that is indeed a very pretty boat smile

Reminds me of my all-time favourite boat, and what was going to be one of the next few subjects of this thread:








An astonishingly beautiful example of all the is right with Italian style and craftsmanship, the Riva Aquarama was launched in 1962. The most famous of Carlo Riva’s designs, today's Aquariva still bears a strong resemblance to its legendary forebear.

The hull was sheathed in heavily varnished mahogany and accentuated with just enough chromed metal detailing (plated with 30 microns of chrome, when the norm on car bumpers was 5 microns). The interior was trimmed in a combination of white and sky blue leather, again with chrome accents. The twin engines ranged from standard smallblock Buick V8s, up to a pair of DOHC V12 Lamborghini engines in one particular Aquarama.

I want one of these boats so much that it hurts!
And how it is made
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwHB7BXOLMk

MDMA .

8,849 posts

100 months

Thursday 19th January 2017
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ZesPak said:
Bellerby globes have got some great looking stuff, all hand painted and very expensive



http://www.bellerbyandco.com
No flat ones?

Adam B

27,142 posts

253 months

Thursday 19th January 2017
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ChemicalChaos said:



An astonishingly beautiful example of all the is right with Italian style and craftsmanship, the Riva Aquarama was launched in 1962. The most famous of Carlo Riva’s designs, today's Aquariva still bears a strong resemblance to its legendary forebear.

The hull was sheathed in heavily varnished mahogany and accentuated with just enough chromed metal detailing (plated with 30 microns of chrome, when the norm on car bumpers was 5 microns). The interior was trimmed in a combination of white and sky blue leather, again with chrome accents. The twin engines ranged from standard smallblock Buick V8s, up to a pair of DOHC V12 Lamborghini engines in one particular Aquarama.

I want one of these boats so much that it hurts!
start saving
http://www.yachtworld.com/boats/1968/Riva-Aquarama...

Bonefish Blues

26,448 posts

222 months

Friday 20th January 2017
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Adam B said:
ChemicalChaos said:



An astonishingly beautiful example of all the is right with Italian style and craftsmanship, the Riva Aquarama was launched in 1962. The most famous of Carlo Riva’s designs, today's Aquariva still bears a strong resemblance to its legendary forebear.

The hull was sheathed in heavily varnished mahogany and accentuated with just enough chromed metal detailing (plated with 30 microns of chrome, when the norm on car bumpers was 5 microns). The interior was trimmed in a combination of white and sky blue leather, again with chrome accents. The twin engines ranged from standard smallblock Buick V8s, up to a pair of DOHC V12 Lamborghini engines in one particular Aquarama.

I want one of these boats so much that it hurts!
start saving
http://www.yachtworld.com/boats/1968/Riva-Aquarama...
Would be at the top of my list were I to have the means. Exquisite.