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$485 USD Offers ConsideredAntique Ruby Glass Paneled Double Ended Perfume Scent Bottle, c.1870
Antiques:Accessories:Vanity Items
This ruby glass double ended perfume scent bottle measures 4 3/4" in length. It is in very good condition with no chips, cracks or repairs. The hinged end top has a slight dent. It is not marked by the maker. The ends are a silver gilt floral scrollwork screw top and a hinged top on the opposite end. Each end of the scent bottle has a blank engraving disk. The body is a 12 paneled ruby glass with beveled shoulders. The hinged end opens to a crystal clear glass dauber stopper. The screw top end ...
$120 USD SaleSALE Antique Capodimonte Porcelain Hand-Painted Inkwell
Antiques:Accessories:Inkwells, Desktop Items
Very nice antique Capodimonte porcelain hand-painted inkwell in very good condition. Raised figures of women and children in a garden and Polynesian type setting. The top has two quill holes and is decorated with flowers and leaves. The loose lid has a gold and yellow finial. Measurements are approximately 3" wide x 4 1/4" long x 3 1/4" tall. Bottom is marked with "1535/177 Italy". There is a chip to the outer bottom of the well insert and a chip to the inside edge of the bottom of the base of ...
$185 USD Offers ConsideredBrass Germany Needlework Tool Thread Counter Magnifying Glass in Leather Pouch
Antiques:Accessories:Needlework Tools
The sewing tools used by poor and middle class young seamstresses in the early 19th century were often made in simple undecorated brass or steel. This small brass thread counter measures 1 1/4" square with the magnifying glass 5/8" in diameter. It was made for counting the number of threads in fabric. The glass is powerful enough to see each thread. "Made in Germany" are the only markings. Very well made and still in its original leather pouch. It folds and unfolds easily with very well made ...
$165 USD Offers ConsideredEtched Brass with Hand Carved Jade Overlay Match Box Holder with Matches
Antiques:Accessories
This match box holder measures 2 5/16" long and 1 9/16" in width. The pale green jade overlay on one side has what appears to be a bird and floral motif hand carved in it. The opposite side has a figure of an oriental man with a frond fan amongst a floral leaf motif etched in the brass. The box of matches in the holder says "Catamount: Made in Finland; Impregnated Safety matches; Distributed by Riverside Paper Co; Burlington V.T.". The piece is in very good condition with no damage noted to the ...
$200 USD Offers ConsideredHuntley & Palmers Dickens Library English Biscuit Tin, c.1900
Antiques:Tins
This English biscuit tin measures 6 1/4" in height and width. It is in good condition but there are a few shallow dents, some scratches and surface rust and the bottom welds have loosened from the front. There are no breaks in the tin nor is it rusted through anywhere. The top pull is in good working order. The under side of the lid is marked "Huntley & Palmers Biscuits; Reading & London, England". The Huntley & Palmers Library tin was first used in 1900. Many tin designs were very popular as ...
$495 USD Offers ConsideredFrench Child's Fairy Tale Game "Les Contes de Fees in Original Box , c. 1890
Antiques:Toys:Games
Th game cards are in their 12" x 9" original box. There are twelve game cards with wonderful graphics depicting various fairy tales with lottery numbers hidden under the four hinged arms on each card. The set includes green number buttons and directions for playing the game (in French). This child's game is in very good condition, very will preserved and virtually unplayed with. The game was manufactured by the Saussine firm in Paris.
$353 USD Offers ConsideredGermany Black Forest Figural Carved Wood Bear Inkwell Pen Holder, c.1890
Antiques:Accessories:Inkwells, Desktop Items
This hand carved wood bear measures 3" in height. He comes from the Black Forest region of Germany, c.1890. He is in very good condition with no chips to the wood, although there are a couple scuffed areas. The hinge is in good working order. The ink insert inside is in very good condition with no chips or cracks but does have quite a bit of dried ink residue inside. The glass insert is hand blown. The bears extended front paws are intended for a pen holder or rest. He has black glass bead eyes ...
$150 USD Offers ConsideredAntique Medical Instrument Wooden Monaural Stethoscope, c.1900
Antiques:Medical & Scientific
This one piece turned wooden stethoscope measures 6" in length. It is in very good condition with no breaks in the wood. It is not marked by the manufacturer. These monaural instruments were used exclusively for about 30 years from the late 19th to early 20th century.
$205 USD Offers ConsideredSchoenhut Keystone Cop Musical Rolly Dolly Baby Toy
Antiques:Toys
This beautiful brightly colored paper mache Rolly Dolly measures 10" in height. He was made by Schoenhut but no longer has the cloth type sticker on the bottom. These toys were manufactured between 1902 and 1934. This was the first toy made by Schoenhut for the baby. Their catalog shows there were 70 different design that ranged in size from 6 3/4" to 12". They all have a weight embedded in the bottom which kept them from tipping over. Many of the later versions had a bell inside as does this ...
$150 USD Offers ConsideredBrass Twisted Metal Oval Picture Frame with Old Photo, c.1900
Antiques:Accessories
This twisted brass oval picture frame with an easel back measures 6" long and 4 5/8" wide. It has an old photo of a gentleman. The photo has suffered some damage but the frame is in very good condition with no breaks in the metal. The photo has a celluloid frame cover. The photo appears to be a prominent gentleman by the looks of the fob adorning his waist coat. He may have been a doctor. The table next to him appears to have a human scull and bones on it. The frame is not marked by the maker ...
$245 USD Offers ConsideredFrench Child's Depose Figural Paper Mache Urn Candy Container
Antiques:Toys:Candy Containers
This paper mache candy container is marked inside the lid "Depose". The paper mache urn with a metal faux faucet is designed to look like an earthenware jar with a removable lid. The candy container is in good condition with a few outer marks but all intact. It measures 4" in height and has a base diameter of 2 3/8".
$100 USD Offers ConsideredAntique Nursery Rhyme This Little Pig Went To Market Canco Tin Pail Lovell & Covel Co. Hard Candy Container
Antiques:Toys:Candy Containers
This tin pail is marked on the bottom "Canco". It measures 2 3/4" in height without the handle or lid. It is in good condition for its age, but is missing the lid. This container was once filled with Lovell & Covel hard candies. The side is marked with "A.C. Co (American Can Company) 54A. 7-16". The lithograph on the can is from the nursery rhyme "This Little Pig Went to Market". Most of the lithograph is intact, but there is some surface rust on the can. Great graphics!
$245 USD Offers ConsideredAntique French Figural Drum-shaped Candy Container
Antiques:Toys:Candy Containers
This drum-shaped candy container has a shield design on one side. The lid is an unusual lottery wheel marked "Brevete SGDG". It has a chocolatier label for a Paris firm "Prevost Jne De Bordeaux". This candy box is quite old, there is a penciled date of "1850" on the bottom label but unclear whether this is verified. The lid is brass and has some of the blue paper peeled up, but most is intact. The candy box itself is in good shape with a bit of discoloration to the blue paper and one brass ...
$450 USD Offers ConsideredAntique Germany Meissen Porcelain Inkwell with Saucer Base, c.1860
Antiques:Accessories:Inkwells, Desktop Items
This porcelain bulbous inkwell has a saucer base and a loose finial cover. The saucer base measures 7 1/2" in diameter, an inkwell diameter of 4 1/4" and a height fully assembled of 3 5/8". The piece is mostly round with the edge of the saucer evenly scalloped. The bulbous well is formed with uneven lobes. The design has birds, peonies and insects. The cobalt blue is under glaze with the iron red and gold gilding hand painted over the glaze. There are no chips, cracks or scratches. There is some ...| Items 1 - 14 of 14 | Page 1 of 1 |
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