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$145 USD Offers ConsideredOccupied Japan Girl w/Flower Basket Jumping Dog Celluloid Sewing Tape Measure
Collectibles:Vintage:Sewing Items:Tape Measures
This tape measure is made of celluloid. The designer may have intended this to depict red riding hood and the wolf. The tape stands 2" in height. It is marked on the back "Japan" with a "T" in a circle. The tape extends and retracts the full 36", but the pull ring is partially detached from the tape so it is a bit fragile. The tape is marked "Made in Occupied Japan". The tape measure is in good condition apart from the pull ring but we did note one tiny dent on her right shoulder. An example of ...
$205 USD Offers ConsideredPorcelain Japan Figural Clown Toothbrush Holder
Collectibles:Vintage:Toothbrush Holders
This figural clown toothbrush holder measures 5 3/4" in height. It is in very good condition with no chips, cracks or repairs. It is marked incised on the back "Made in Japan". It is also stamped "Made in Japan" in black on the bottom. It is designed to stand upright on a counter top or to hang on the wall from a hole in the back. The base has a tray to hold a tube of toothpaste which were much smaller than the tubes of today. The figural toothbrush holders which began appearing on the market in ...
$195 USD Offers ConsideredPorcelain Japan The Three Bears Nursery Rhyme Toothbrush Holder
Collectibles:Vintage:Toothbrush Holders
This figural Three Bears toothbrush holder measures 5" in height. It is in very good condition with no chips, cracks or repairs. It is marked on the back with an incised crown over "Japan" as well as "Japan" stamped in red under the final glaze. It is designed to stand upright on a counter top or to hang on the wall from the hole in the back. There are two holes for toothbrushes on the sides. The figural toothbrush holders which began appearing on the market in the 1920's were designed to help ...
$170 USD Offers ConsideredPorcelain Japan Figural English Bulldog Puppy Dog Toothbrush Holder
Collectibles:Vintage:Toothbrush Holders
This figural bulldog toothbrush holder measures 3 3/8" in height. It is in very good condition with no chips, cracks or repairs. It is marked on the bottom "Made in Japan" in black. He has excellent very bright, colorful painting with an over-sized tongue.
$20 USD Offers ConsideredAlpaca Mexico Mother of Pearl and Multi-colored Mineral Thimble
Collectibles:Vintage:Sewing Items:Thimbles
This thimble measures 7/8" in height. It is stamped on the inside Alpaca Mexico. This thimble is decorated with the Mexican diamonds design in mother-of-pearl and multi-colored minerals applied to the thimble. This is one of the pieces offered by the Thimble Collectors Guild in the 1980's.
$145 USD Offers ConsideredGermany Celluloid Thimble Hat Man Etui Sewing Kit & Thread Winder, c.1920
Collectibles:Vintage:Sewing Items:Kits, Needle Cases
This hand painted man celluloid etui sewing kit measures 3 1/4" in length. It is in very good condition with no breaks or cracks. There is a bit of wear to the painted design on the case. The man's thimble hat screws off. The man's head unscrews to reveal a thread winder spool with a removable cap for storage of needles and pins. The thimble hat is incised "Germany". A very unique sewing collectible for your collection!
$255 USD Offers ConsideredGermany Goebel Porcelain Charlot Byj Redhead "At Work" "Wash Day" Figurine
Collectibles:Vintage:Goebel:Charlot Byj
This cute "At Work", also known as "Wash Day", figurine measures 4" in height. She is in very good condition with no chips, cracks or repairs. The piece is marked on the bottom with the blue Goebel bee mark and the copyright symbol with "Goebel // W. Germany". It is also incised on the bottom with "Byj 74" and the date of "1975". The red haired girl is sitting nude with her left leg in the air, crossed over her right leg on a blue and yellow box and reading a book with a green cover. Behind the ...
$275 USD Offers ConsideredCeramic Cleminson Figural Blonde Mary Poppins Laundry Clothes Ironing Sprinkler Bottle
Collectibles:Vintage:Laundry Items
This figural Mary Poppins sprinkler bottle measures 8 1/2" in height, not including the sprinkler top. She is in very good condition with no chips, cracks or repairs. She does have some light overall crazing. She has her original rust proof sprinkler top with a snug rubber stopper. She is marked on the bottom under the glaze with a green stamp "The California Cleminsons // Hand Painted // and the copyright symbol. She is bright and shiny with a colorful outfit!
$94 USD Offers ConsideredEngraved Solid Brass Corkscrew
Collectibles:Vintage:Corkscrews
This brass corkscrew is not marked by the manufacturer. One side is engraved with the initials H F W in script. You may not have any family members with those initials, but you can always make one up! This piece is in very good condition with no missing or damaged parts. The inside is a bit dirty. With the screw fully extended, it measures 6 1/4". There is no real evidence of the origin of the corkscrew, but what we know as the corkscrew came into use about the beginning of the 19th century. For ...
$100 USD SaleSALE Gold-tone Figural Metal Bird Novelty Sewing Pin Cushion
Collectibles:Vintage:Sewing Items:Pin Cushions
This metal bird pin cushion measures 2 3/4" in height and 5" in length. It is in good condition with wear to the pin cushion and finish. The bird has a crack in the metal under the left foot which is stable. The bird is marked with an embossed "USA" under the tail. The pin cushion is original and appears to have been red velvet although the nap has all worn down to the fabric base. The Victorian era was probably the heyday of the figural pin cushion. From the mid-Victorian era up to the ...
$125 USD SaleSALE Germany Celluloid Girl w/ Muff, Purse & Bonnet Figural Sewing Tape Measure
Collectibles:Vintage:Sewing Items:Tape Measures
This celluloid figural girl with muff & purse tape measure is 2" in height. It is in very good condition with no breaks or dents in the celluloid. The tape extends and retracts easily on a spring mechanism. The tape measure is faintly marked "Germany" on one side of the tape at the beginning. The tape is in inches on one side and in centimeters on the other side. A well detailed figural tape measure! Figural tape measures are often an expression of artistry and creativity. They were particularly ...
$25 USD Offers ConsideredGold-tone Figural Red Globe Sewing Pin Cushion, Tape Measure & Thimble Holder
Collectibles:Vintage:Sewing Items:Pin Cushions
This gold-tone metal figural red globe pin cushion measures 4 3/4" in height. It is in very good condition. The red velveteen fabric shows no wear and is decorated with colorful plastic headed pins. The globe spins easily. The base has a thimble on a three prong holder. There is a tape measure in the base marked in inches on both sides which extends and retracts easily. It is incised "Japan" on the underside of the globe axis.
$80 USD Offers ConsideredSears Roebuck & Co. Advertising Mitrailleuse England Needle Case, c. 1880-1910
Collectibles:Vintage:Sewing Items:Kits, Needle Cases
The Crescent Manufacturing Co., advertised the mitrailleuse needlecase in the 1880's. This cylinder type of needlecase is divided into five compartments, each originally containing 20 needles of the size marked on the cylinder. Sears imported these from England at the end of the 19th century with their own advertising applied to the brass cylinder. This 2 1/4" long cylinder has needle sizes 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10. The advertising appearing on the cylinder is "Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago, ...
$20 USD Offers ConsideredAlpaca Mexico Mother of Pearl & Blue Mosaic Mineral Thimble
Collectibles:Vintage:Sewing Items:Thimbles
This thimble measures 7/8" in height. There is no marking on the inside. This thimble is decorated with the Mexican diamonds design in mother-of-pearl and blue mosaic minerals applied to the thimble. This is one of the pieces offered by the Thimble Collectors Guild in the 1980's.
$645 USD Offers ConsideredCeramic Figural Enesco Dearie Is Weary Laundry Ironing Sprinkler Bottle
Collectibles:Vintage:Laundry Items
This Enesco Dearie Is Weary sprinkler bottle is 7" in height. She is in very good condition with no chips, cracks or repairs. The only damage is a chunk missing from the cork stopper. She has the red and gold foil Enesco sticker on the bottom. Great piece from a line of kitchenware made by Enesco in the 1950's.
$185 USD Offers ConsideredSanta Claus Leaving Chimney Candy Container Victory Glass
Collectibles:Vintage:Candy Container
This container has some red colored sugar crystals inside for the candy. This container appears in the 1930 Montgomery Ward & Co.-Fall-Winter issue catalog. The container is made of clear pressed glass, at one time this should have been painted, but there is no paint remaining. The container is approx. 5 1/2" tall with a diameter of about 2 1/2". There are no chips or cracks but the glass does have a few manufacturing bubbles. The base screw-on cap is a bit rusty but otherwise in very good ...
$350 USD Offers ConsideredCeramic Cardinal China Figural Kitty Cat Laundry Clothes Ironing Sprinkler Bottle
Collectibles:Vintage:Laundry Items
This figural kitty cat sprinkler bottle measures 7 1/2" in height not including the sprinkler top. She is in very good condition with no chips, cracks or repairs. She has blue glass marble eyes. She has her original rust proof sprinkler top with a snug rubber stopper which does have one small dent in it. She is marked in the back near the bottom "Cardinal (copyright symbol) U.S.A."
$45 USD Offers ConsideredVintage Glass Candy Container Stough E3s Wide Cab Train Locomotive
Collectibles:Vintage:Candy Container
This is a nice old glass locomotive candy container with the original candy intact. It is all glass, clear, blown bottle with opening at the front end with a cork closure. The approx. measurements are 3 3/4" long, 1 5/8" high and cab top is 1 1/8" wide. The container is marked on the left side under the stack "E3s - 7/8 oz." and "1028" under the cab. On the right side it is marked "1028" under the cab and on the cylinder "PATENTED". In the circular hollow on the cab end a "4" is impressed. The ...
$64 USD Offers ConsideredPlastic Dutch Boy Laundry Clothes Ironing Sprinkler Bottle
Collectibles:Vintage:Laundry Items
This hard plastic figural sprinkler bottle has no makers mark or label. He measures 6 1/2" in height to the top of the sprinkler top. He is in good condition with no cracks or repairs, but he does have several places where the paint has been lost. An example of this item can be found pictured on pg. 124 of Collectibles for the Kitchen, Bath & Beyond by Ellen Bercovici, Bobbie Zucker Bryson & Deborah Gillham.
$53 USD Offers ConsideredPlastic Dutch Girl Laundry Clothes Ironing Sprinkler Bottle
Collectibles:Vintage:Laundry Items
This hard plastic figural sprinkler bottle has no makers mark or label. She measures 6 1/2" in height to the top of the sprinkler top. She is in good condition with no cracks or repairs to the main body, but there is a split in the sprinkler bottle cap. There may be a small amount of paint loss, but the manufacturing process on these was commonly a bit sketchy on the painting. An example of this item can be found pictured on pg. 124 of Collectibles for the Kitchen, Bath & Beyond by Ellen ...
$35 USDFigural Red Dress Form Sewing Pin Cushion, Tape Measure & Thimble Holder
Collectibles:Vintage:Sewing Items:Pin Cushions
This figural red dress form pin cushion measures 5 7/8" in height. It is in very good condition. The red velveteen fabric on the pin cushion shows very little wear and is decorated with colorful plastic headed pins. The top has a thimble on a three prong holder. The thimble is marked "7". There is a tape measure in the base marked in inches on both sides which extends and retracts easily.
$35 USD Offers ConsideredGermany Goebel Figural Friar Tuck Pitcher, c. 1960's
Collectibles:Vintage:Goebel:Friar Tuck
An excellent Goebel Friar Tuck cream or milk pitcher. This pitcher is in very good condition. No chips, cracks, repairs or crazing. He measures about 2 3/4" in height. It retains most of its "Friar Tuck" paper sticker. The Friar Tuck line was introduced by Goebel in the early 1950's. The early pieces show the friar wearing sandals called "with toes". This piece is of the later variety introduced about 5 years later showing all black feet, known as "with shoes". All pitchers come in "shoes" only. ...
$95 USD Offers ConsideredFigural Ceramic "Darnit" Darning Sewing Tool
Collectibles:Vintage:Sewing Items
This "Darnit" is 5" tall. She has a ribbon strung through holes in her head which we guess was to depict her hair. It is still attached, but is very frayed in one area. She is in very good condition with no chips, cracks or repairs but does show overall light crazing. There is no manufacturers mark. While darning tools are rarely used as household items anymore, they make great collectibles! The flower and lines above the pink "coat" may appear green in some of the photos but they are actually a ...
$195 USD Offers ConsideredJapan Celluloid Billiken Figural Sewing Tape Measure
Collectibles:Vintage:Sewing Items:Tape Measures
This celluloid figural Billiken tape measure is 2 1/2" in height. It is in very good condition with no breaks or dents in the celluloid. The celluloid was bathed in a tan wash during manufacture to accent the piece. The tape extends and retracts easily on a spring mechanism. The tape is marked "Japan" on both sides of the tape at the beginning. Both sides of the tape are marked in inches. The seams are a bit rough in places but there are no breaks or splits. A well detailed figural tape measure! ...
$115 USD Offers ConsideredBrass Blue Enamel Etui Sewing Kit Thimble Needle Case Tape Measure
Collectibles:Vintage:Sewing Items:Kits, Needle Cases
This brass and blue enamel etui sewing kit measures 1 3/4" in height. It is in very good condition with no breaks or dents in the metal. It is marked on the bottom "Patented Depose". The brass thimble comes off to reveal an inner wooden cotton thread winder and beneath the wooden spool is an inner cylinder for needles and pins. On the side of the kit is a brass pull tape measure in inches on one side and centimeters on the other. The bottom brass end turns to extend and retract the tape measure. ...
$195 USD Offers ConsideredCeramic Figural Dutch Boy Laundry Ironing Sprinkler Bottle
Collectibles:Vintage:Laundry Items
This Dutch boy sprinkler bottle is 8" in height. He is in very good condition with no chips, cracks or repairs. He does have a couple minor manufacturing flaws. One is a rough spot on his shirt just under his chin and the other is a tiny firing hole on his left shoulder that does not go all the way through the ceramic. He does show some light overall crazing. He has no makers mark. Very nice sprinkler bottle!
$390 USD Offers ConsideredCeramic Figural Aunt Jemima Mammy Laundry Clothes Sprinkler Bottle
Collectibles:Vintage:Laundry Items
The sprinkler bottle is not marked by the maker except for a "B" under the glaze at the back bottom of her dress. She measures 7" in height. She is in good condition with no cracks or repairs but does have one small glaze chip on the top back of her hair bow on the left side and light overall crazing. The sprinkler top is brass with a hard black rubber stopper. The sprinkler top has one small dent in the brass. An example of this item can be found pictured on pg. 117 of Collectibles for the ...
$185 USD Offers ConsideredCeramic Figural Siamese Cat Laundry Clothes Ironing Sprinkler Bottle
Collectibles:Vintage:Laundry Items
This Siamese cat sprinkler bottle measures 8 1/4" in height including the sprinkler top. He is in very good condition with no chips, cracks or repairs. He does have overall light crazing. He has his original rust proof sprinkler top with a snug rubber stopper. He is not marked by the manufacturer.
$135 USD Offers ConsideredCeramic California Pottery Sammie Roberts Aunt Jemima Mammy Laundry Clothes Sprinkler Bottle
Collectibles:Vintage:Laundry Items
The bottom of this sprinkler bottle is incised with "Sammie Roberts Ceramics" and also has a foil sticker "Ceramics by Sammie Roberts; Fresno, California" and the manufacture date of 1997. The aluminum and cork sprinkler top is incised "H.M." and "Made in USA". She measures 8 1/8" to the top of the sprinkler top. She is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks or repairs. An example of this item can be found pictured on pg. 122 of Collectibles for the Kitchen, Bath & Beyond by Ellen ...
$135 USD Offers ConsideredFlapper Girl Celluloid Etui Sewing Kit & Thread Winder, c.1920
Collectibles:Vintage:Sewing Items:Kits, Needle Cases
This hand painted flapper girl celluloid etui sewing kit measures 3 1/4" in length. It is in very good condition with no breaks or cracks. There is a bit of wear to the painted design on the case. The screw flapper girl head comes off to reveal an inner carved cotton thread winder with a screw top needle & pin holder. The kit is not marked by the manufacturer. The bottom black half of the case is decorated with hand painted roses. A very unique sewing collectible for your collection!
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