Fable St Andrews

13/10/2026

How much St Andrews history can we cram into one shot? Let's see...

💎 Late 16th c. carved St Andrew (sold)
💎 1936 town guidebook
💎 1964 St A coastal scene, oil on board

But wait, there's more. Swipe for a selection of St Andrews art + literature spanning four centuries...

💎 Old Tom numbered print signed by Hugh Taylor
💎 St Salvator's etching by David Foggie
💎 St Andrews medieval print dated 1974, signed by Jurak Putter

💎 Reliquiae Divi Andrae 1797 - St Andrews history w/ illustrated plates (old book is old 👀)
💎 Old Tom + James Braid painted clerk's desk c. 1930 (dated 1905)

💎 The Kate Kennedy Spring Procession 1954 annual
💎 St A 1936 + 1948 town guides
💎 18th c alumni reminiscences (20th c reprints)

💎 Early St Andrews histories

💎 A Secret of St Andrews - 1923 novel by Ethel Heddle
💎 1849 History of St Andrews by Rev. Charles Roger
💎 Alma Mater's Mirror (1887) - St A University history by Thomas Spencer Baynes + Lewis Campbell

💎 St Andrews medieval town plan (1987) - numbered and signed by Jurak Putter

💎 St Andrews harbour scene (print) by Frank Sproson

💎 More old local books inc. 1842 autobiography by James Melvill, minister of Kilrenny and Professor of Theology at St Andrews University

💎 Illustrated plate + dedication from 1797 history

💎 Melvill's autobiography (written in Scots)

💎 Late 19th/early 20th watercolour in contemporary frame

💎 1980s watercolour by Lewis Thomson

12/10/2026

Halloween incoming. Squashes sorted; spooky things descending this weekend. Meawhile, swipe to see a few things that made it back from our latest English trip including the perfect witch’s kitty

08/10/2026

Autumn is here, bringing red berries, warm tones and fresh finds from a local barn. Swipe to glimpse pieces that haven't been seen this century 👀

Rocking horse head

Delft candlestick and decorative miniature wheatsheaf

Large 1783 Latin thesaurus

Large wooden candlestand

1964 St Andrews oil on board

Copper jelly pan and Edinburgh stoneware

Fetching watercolour print

04/10/2026

03/10/2026

A few new finds. Puff - our magic dragon - is a keeper but the other treasures are all available 👈

1930s Barbola mirror and miniature decoy duck

Composite classical Greek goddess

1910 globe de marieè

Nicely worn spindle chair

19th c. richly embroidered appliquè

Perfume holder, Scottish jewellery and Faberge-style egg

Dutch still life and Spanish botijo water jug (1960s)

Serving platter for the grandest salmon

01/10/2026

Fable is smelling sweeter than usual this week thanks to the arrival of Laetitia Kanafani embroidered cushions.

Made with vintage fabric scraps including Fable fragments, each cushion is lavender scented and finished with good luck charms. Cosy season has officially started.

28/09/2026

It’s been a horsey kind of week. Ever since driving past a traveller encampment in Worcestershire with horses grazing by the roadside, we’ve been seeing them everywhere...

19th C. Traveller scene. Oil on board

Lucky charms, acquired from Roadside travellers.

Horse tack hangers, early 20th C.

Folk art owl carved by travellers (nfs)

Vintage carved pony

Three doggies protecting the traveller wagon, Worcestershire

27/09/2026

New art + smalls, mostly from a local house call yielding treasures that haven't seen daylight in decades 👈

Edinburgh c. 1960s 66x51cm

French/Belgian market scene miniature, 14x10

1920s English landscape 38x29

1960s Scottish still life 54x42

Mid-century river scene on board 55x37

17th c. Delft tiles

19th c. German miniature 14x9

Textiles galore inc. embroidered + lavender scented pillows, tartan, and ecclesiastical

Floral vase

Scottish Borders still life, late 20th, 28x34

22/09/2026

Some of the smaller finds that have made it into Fable this week 👈

🐦 paper clip

Early 20th Belgian pigeon racing tins

Rustic stools

Continental giltwood wall bracket, late 19th c.

Gold appliquè with rich embroidery, mid-19th c.

Equine cast iron fire-grate ends

Plaster lion c. 1930s. Architectural salvage, possibly from theatre/cinema

Horse tack hangers, early 20th c.

Solomnic candlestands, 19th c.