Boye Needle Company wooden countertop display case with slanted front, fitted with 16 compartments, each with stenciled size for crochet needles, glass fold-out front over original label. The reverse has a compartment containing a stenciled size chart and hinged lid. Includes approximately 36 crochet needles from various manufacturers, along with several needle cap protectors and […]

Shaker sewing box with inlaid maple top, interior with original wallpaper and mirror, lift out tray lined in green fabric. Contents include 2 treen lacemaking bobbins, assorted wood and metal implements, 2 treen acorn shape needle or thread cases, tin thread holder with 5 wooden reels of thread, 5 perforated cards including 1 with printed […]

1ST ITEM: Patent tabletop cherry wool winder, 9-1/2"H x 6" square. 2ND ITEM: maple and ivory skein holder or shuttle, 7"L. 3RD ITEM: Shaker style wood sewing caddy with rotating upper section topped by a pincushion, with metal rods for holding reels of thread, lower section with a single drawer with wood knob, 11"H overall. […]

Sewing emery and pincushion collection. Includes silk velvet green carrot with possible repair to tip, 7-1/2"L; silk and heavily worn velvet strawberry, 3"L; silk and cotton strawberry, 2-1/2"L; figural cat emery with 1 missing ear, 1-1/2"L; peach emery in original box, 1-1/2" diameter; painted wood egg, 3-1/2"L; celluloid basket, 4"L; gilded spiked metal pincushion with […]

Antique figural sewing stand, brass with a cold painted cast metal bird finial, perched atop a stand with arm for holding thread (arm unscrews from stand). Turned shaft and fitted base. Unmarked. 9-1/2"H. Probably Continental, possibly Austrian, late 19th to early 20th century. Provenance: estate of Isabel Pesek, Ames, Iowa. Condition: Minor oxidation and paint […]

Collection of antique sewing notions related to thimbles and thread. Includes five 10K, gold plated and gold filled thimbles (1 with engraved cabin and mountain season, marked only with S in shield for Simons Bros.); 1 thimble marked Sterling; swirled art glass thimble; hinged brass box with pincushion top marked on base W. Avery & […]

Rare tabletop sewing cabinet, kingwood and ebonized veneers with gilded metal mounts. Ebonized handle with inset white opaline beads, turns to flip open six side doors, revealing silk pincushions and gilt metal holders for thread and other sewing implements. 10-1/2"H x 8"D. Probably French, circa 1900. Provenance: estate of Isabel Pesek, Ames, Iowa. Condition: Some […]

Collection of ivory, bone and/or celluloid sewing tools and implements, most Chinese, dating from Victorian or Edwardian era. Includes: intricately carved ivory pincushion clamp (small imperfection to side); figural ivory needlecase in the form of a tall case clock (chip to interior); figural celluloid thread holder in the form of a leg; carved ivory top […]

Brass sewing caddy or lighting stand, topped by a figural bird or parrot with glass eyes. Bird's head lifts to reveal storage for a thimble. Bird is flanked by two candlestick holders and perches above six arms for holding thread. Turned shaft terminates in a round dish for holding miscellaneous sewing implements. Unmarked. 13"H. Probably […]

Lot of 2 Southern Stoneware Pottery Items, Pitcher & Jar. 1ST ITEM: Southern alkaline glazed pottery pitcher, delicate spout. 10 1/2" H. Late 19th century. 2ND ITEM: Southwest Virginia stoneware jar, possibly Keys pottery of Washington County, Virginia with stamped backwards 4 under one of the applied handles. 13" H. Late 19th century. Condition: Pitcher […]