A number of high value antiques have been stolen from a property near Cirencester.
Police were called to the Woodmancote area of Cirencester on Monday evening following reports of a burglary.
It was reported that offenders had forced entry to the property at around 5.30pm before stealing a number of items from inside.
The stolen items include silver candle sticks, gold cufflinks, silver wine coasters and a soft sided black Victorinox suitcase
Officers investigating the burglary would like to hear from anyone who saw any suspicious activity in the area or has been offered any of the stolen items for sale. A full list of the stolen items is below.
Anyone with information is asked to call 101 quoting incident 421 of January 13.
Gloucestershire police are currently running an anti-burglary campaign and are asking people to look at installing a 'WIDE' combination of security devices. A 'WIDE' combination includes; Window locks, Internal lights on sensors, Double or door deadbolts and External lights on sensors.
This can provide 49 times more protection against residential burglary with entry compared to having no devices installed.
More information on the campaign and ways to protect your home can be found here.
Full list of the stolen items:
• Four George 111 silver candle sticks (pictured above)
• A set of silver American Indian made cufflinks which have a turquoise eagle
• A set of gold enamel cufflinks with diamond studs
• A set of gold cufflinks with British Game Birds
• A silver university ring from Claremont university in California
• A gold school ring from AIS in Vienna, Austria
• 20 enamel silver pill boxes with various scenes on the lid
• Four silver/wooden wine coasters (pictured above)
• Six small silver drink coasters
• A silver bowl
• Two solid silver partridges (8/9 inches tall)
• A solid silver fox (3 inches x 1.5 inches)
• A soft sided black Victorinox suitcase
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