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$100 USD Offers ConsideredCorkscrew/Cod-Bottle Push - Victorian
Antiques:Domestic Accessory
This simple turned mahogany handled corkscrew incorporates a cod bottle push. During the last quarter of C 19th ginger beer bottles were closed by a marble in the neck being kept sealed by the pressure of the gaseous beverage. Condition great; screw tine undamaged, original fixing and perfect handle. Worldwide insured air shipping include in listed price. Nothing extra to pay.
$100 USD Offers ConsideredSugar Sifter in Silver Plate - Edwardian
Antiques:Dining Table Accessory
This 6 3/4" sifter would have been an ever-present on Edwardian dining tables. To a classic Georgian pattern, it remains as efficient as it ever was, sweetening rhubarb and Wimbledon strawberries, all with continuing efficiency. Worldwide insured air shipping included in listed price. Nothing extra to add.
$155 USDTunbridge Ware Cribbage Scorer - Victorian
Antiques:Pastime
Measuring 9 1/2" by 2 5/8" and on four button feet this decorative piece was manufactured (by G. Wise, Jun) in Kent around 1875. The intricate central mosaic panel is surrounded by the series of small holes which support the scoring pegs. Quality excellent. Worldwide insured air shipping included in list price. Nothing else to pay.
$145 USDTunbridge Ware Cribbage Scorer - Victorian
Antiques:Pastime
Measuring 9" by 2 3/8" and on four button feet this decorative piece was manufactured in Tunbridge, Kent around 1875. The intricate central mosaic panel is surrounded by the series of small holes which support the antique bone scoring pegs. Quality excellent. Worldwide insured air shipping included in list price. Nothing else to pay.
$315 USD Offers ConsideredBrass Ring Frame - Victorian
Antiques:Household Decorative Accessory
This medium sized ring frame is in the landscape alignment (ie. its wider than its high), overall it measures 7 1/2" by 6". The actual picture being displayed is 5 1/2" by 4". With the individual rings well-linked, Its a good quality piece from the Birmingham area around 1880. Condition excellent. Worldwide insured air shipping included in list price. Nothing else to pay.
$315 USDBrass Ribbon Frame - Victorian
Antiques:Household Decorative Accessory
This medium sized Victorian ribbon frame will accept a picture 4" by 6 1/2" in the portrait aspect (upright), overall the frame measures 7" by 9 1/2". It was made in the West Midlands around 1880. Condition excellent. Worldwide insured air shipping included in list price. Nothing else to pay.
$225 USD Offers ConsideredPapier Mache "Afternoon Tea" Dish - Victorian
Antiques:Table Accessories
First used by house servants to serve delicate sandwiches and/or cakes during the last quarter of C 19th, this 9 1/4" diameter dish has survived well. The inlaid antique mother of pearl decorative inserts remain and the surrounding flowers are still contrastingly picked out. Structurally, both the 1 1/4" deep dish and and its carrying handle are still in excellent order. Pure Victoriana! Worldwide insured air shipping included in list price. Nothing extra to pay.
$285 USDPair Table Bottles in Bristol Blue - Georgian/Early Victorian
Antiques:Dining Table Accessory
Although not strictly a pair these two early bottles are as near dammit identical. One is 10 3/4" high, the other 11". Glass with added cobalt oxide first appeared in Bristol late in C18th. The deep bright blue this produced quickly became very popular and led to an invitation to exhibit at the Great Exhibition of 1851. We date these two stylish examples to round about 1825. Worldwide insured air shipping included in list price. Nohing else to pay.
$175 USDCrochet Set in Silver Plate - Victorian / Edwardian
Antiques:Lace Making
It was said that Victorian and Edwardian gadgeteers were challenged to produce an item for every household task. This one, from around 1900, was devised for ladies who crocheted - a favourite leisure past-time of the age. This piece consists of a carrying handle incorporating a large spool for a generous length of crochet thread. On each side is a small holster, one containing a pair of scissors, the other a crochet hook. Condition excellent. Worldwide insured air shipping included in listed ...
$100 USDNeedle Case Intricately Carved in Antique Ivory - Victorian
Antiques:Needlework Accessory
Most probably carved in Dieppe in northern France, this intricate and functional sewing accessory joined a sewing box some 125 years ago. Its condition remains perfect. No wear is detectable. Worldwide shipping included in list price. Nothing extra to pay.
$125 USDSnuff Box - Victorian
Antiques:Accessories:Smoking Alternative
This small pocket snuff box is from Brittany. The tightly fitting lid features a well represented trawler in white metal. Its gleaming wake revealed by tiny slivers of mother of pearl. Oval in cross section the piece is just 3" long. Condition excellent. Worldwide insured shipping included in the listed price. Nothing extra to pay.
$175 USDFigural Knitting Needle Sheaths, Riding Boots - Victorian
Antiques:Accessories:Knitting
This pair of 1 3/4" riding boot sheaths date from around 1850 when hall marking was not as widespread as today. Hence their description as white metal as white metal - notwithstanding they have been tested as silver. They are a most realistic pair of boots with their "Norah Batty" wrinkles above the ankles. They even sport minute spurs. They have a certain amount of wear, but this is quite appropriate for their age & use. The dings and dongs can be seen clearly in the accompanying photo shots. ...
$175 USDPlate Rack for Afternoon Tea - Edwardian
Antiques:Table Accessories
The registered number on this pair of George Jones plates date them to around 1900. They are hand painted by "HOJ" with the popular cornflower pattern.. Not identical, but as near as dammit. A most attractive and authentic set. Condition excellent. Worldwide insured air shipping included in list price. Nothing extra to pay.
$245 USDDog Tobacco Jar - Edwardian
Antiques:Accessories:Smoking
If proof were ever needed that the Edwardians had a sense of humour then this 1905 Staffordshire tobacco jar would provide it. The 5" high jar on a base of roughly 3" with its pipe in mouth is designed to amuse. The breed of dog is indeterminate - a possible Tyrolean something or other is suggested by the rakish hat. A good model in excellent condition. Worldwide insured air shipping included in list price. Nothing extra to pay.
$285 USDTartan Needle Case - Victorian
Antiques:Sewing Accessory
Made in the West of Scotland town of Mauchline around 1875 was this neat little (2 1/4" tall) eight sided, slanted and slightly domed top, needle case decorated in the "Prince Charlie" tartan. Well made and still in good condition. A great and good looking example of sewing Victoriana. Worldwide insured air shipping included in list price. Nothing extra to pay.
$225 USDMatch Holder on Thread Crystal - Victorian
Antiques:Accessories:Smoking
Sadly, the hall-mark on this piece has been too enthusiastically polished. About the only thing that can be recognized with any certainty is that it bears the Head of Victoria. Our guesstimates puts it at around 1880. Nevertheless its a nice piece being 3 1/2" in diameter around its "waist" and 2 1/2" high. Condition good. Worldwide insured air shipping included in list price. Nothing else to pay.
$100 USD Offers ConsideredPocket Button Hook.Penknife - Victorian
Antiques:Personal Accessory
When folded this delightful little pocket item in antique tortoiseshell is just over 1 1/2" long. With its glove button hook and its penknife blade both fully extended it reaches 4". From the last quarter of C19th, the piece remains in excellent condition. Worldwide insured shipping included in listed price. No extra to pay
$135 USDBook Mark - Edwardian
Antiques:Accessories:Reading Related
This smart book mark measures 3 1/2" in length and is of gilt metal with an ornate enamelled and pierced blade. Created around 1905 it remains undamaged and in great condition. Worldwide insured air shipping included in listed price. Nothing extra to pay.
$165 USDFigural Button Hook; Golf Club - Edwardian
Antiques:Personal Accessory
Just over 100 years old (hall-mark Birmingham 1908) this silver handled steel shanked hook is fashioned as a driver. Three inches long and fitted with a loop. Excellent condition. Worldwide insured air shipping included in list price. Nothing else to pay.
$115 USDFigural Vesta; Football (Soccer) - Edwardian
Antiques:Accessories:Smoking
Made in Birmingham, the brass centre of the UK, around 1905 this slim little match safe (in the shape of a flat football)approx 1 3/4" diameter ) fits snugly into a waistcoat pocket. Made of brass, some vestiges of its original silver plating remain. In date, is the early panelling of the ball. Condition; good. Worldwide insured air shipping included in the listed price. Nothing extra to pay.
$325 USDFigural Tape Measure; Water Wheel - Edwardian
Antiques:Needlework Accessory
This facsimile water wheel, 1 ½” in length hides a working tape measure. Manufactured circa 1905 it is still in excellent mechanical order. It still looks good. The brass plated tin ware used to form the realistic 1 ½” model remains bright and vivid. Worldwide insured air shipping included in listed price. Nothing else to pay.
$425 USDButt Markers - Victorian/Edwardian
Antiques:Accessories:Sporting Related
Over a century ago this high status lottery (for a position to shoot from) normally required as a qualification for entry either a fortune or a title. The leather case ( a rare complete survivor ) contains a set of bone pegs numbered one to eight. They were used by the invitees to a country house shoot to determine their position when the shooting butts were allocated. With numbers obscured the case would be offered to "guns" and their choice would decide their position in the line when the ...
$175 USDMauchline Photo Album in Floral White Ware - Victorian
Antiques:Accessories:Souvenir
This is a family album to feature only the most loved. Measuring 5" by 3 1/2", each of its six pages of sturdy board has room for a single picture on each side. It is attractively jacketed in one of the rarer of Mauchline's finishes - floral white ware. Dating from circa 1875, it is in perfect condition apart from some minor and acceptable tears. Worldwide insured air shipping included in list price. Nothing extra to pay.
$110 USD Offers ConsideredPapier Mache Snuff Box - Victorian
Antiques:Accessories:Snuff Box
This 1" high snuff box is a rounded quadrilateral in shape measuring 2 1/4" by 1 1/4". Decorated in a dark mottled enamelled finish this stylish piece features a strong spring. Condition excellent. Worldwide insured air shipping included in the listed price. Nothing extra to pay.
$125 USDBox with Counters in Antique Ivory - Mid Victorian
Antiques:Gaming Accessory
Round about 1860 was when this ivory box containing four gaming counters was manufactured - most probably in Northern France at Dieppe. It is fault free and undamaged in construction but has a couple of insignificant smudges on the lid. It measures 1 1/4" in diameter and is 1/2" in depth and contains four bone counters numbered 1 - 4. The thread is in perfect condition. The base has a disc of fine bone cleverly inserted within the polished ivory walls. Worldwide insured air shipping included ...
$100 USD Offers ConsideredSmall Shell Pin Cushion - Victorian/Edwardian
Antiques:Needlework Accessory
Clearly for a child to use to ease their introduction to needlework is this pin cushion from the sea shore. The irregularly shell shaped item measures approx 1 1/4" in just about every direction. It was not just for show either. Wear on the green velvet pad evidences more than a little use. Apart from that the piece is in great condition. Worldwide insured air shipping included in list price. Nothing else to pay.
$425 USDKnitting Sheath - Circa 1800
Antiques:Accessories:Knitting
Knitting sheaths offer the knitter a third arm. One end is tucked under the arm, or in the belt, with a third needle inserted in he end hole. This 10 1/2" sheath is a particularly high status example. It was created out of olive wood. The outstandingly carried-out carving illustrates, in a macabre fashion, the beheading of St John the Baptist. His head and separated torso are both well in evidence. The thin platform on which the dramatis personae are are perched has, excusably, small sections ...
$215 USDDominoes in Miniature in Accordion Box - Edwardian
Antiques:Pastime
This small (3 1/4" by 1 1/2") mahogany box, in the form of an accordion, contains a full set (28 pieces) of 7/8" by 7/16" ebony and ivorene dominoes. Made circa 1905 the set remains complete; it and the box are both in excellent condition. Worldwide insured air shipping is included in list price. Nothing else to pay.
$115 USD Offers ConsideredTrembler Hat Pin - Victorian
Antiques:Lady's Dressware Accessories
The bug enthusiast will love this piece. At the heart of the 1" long insect are a couple of paste stones mounted on a gold coloured metal framework. In turn this is connected to the 7" long pin by a spring. Any movement imparts a vigorous tremble. From about 1890. Condition excellent. Worldwide insured air shipping included in list price. Nothing extra to pay.
$245 USDEarly Mauchline Snuff - Victorian
Antiques:Accessories:Smoking Alternative
This 4" by 2" (with rounded corners) snuff box by the Smith Brothers has several notable features. Stamped into the foil-lined interior is " Warranted Cut From the Solid". And It is ! Featured also is the famous Scottish concealed hinge. Beneath the Royal Warrant inside the lid.is Inscribed the maker's name Smiths of Mauchline. The finish, too, is unusual. It is varnished with a walnuttish decoration; although a tiny pull-back of the foil lining reveals the piece is made from the normal ...
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