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Leather or faux leather covered box with brass corner mounts, handle and latch, marked F. and Cie Paris, with fitted interior and contents including copper stencils, 4 ivory sewing tools, needles and brush, patterns, boxes of beading crystals, and yarn. Box measures 3-1/2"H x 10"W x 7"D. Provenance: estate of Isabel Pesek, Ames, Iowa. Condition: […]

Sewing box with contents and assorted 19th century Berlin work patterns. Regency period sewing box with veneered and inlaid edges, ivory shield shape escutcheon, and four brass paw feet. Center top has inset section with of berlin needlework with beadwork reading "Elise Rorhbein." Paper lined. 6"H x 9-1/2" W x 8-1/2" D. English or Continental, […]

1ST ITEM: Scottish Tartanware dome shaped thread or thimble holder with ivory finial, marked in gold lettering "Forty Second," some losses to paper, 3"H. 2ND ITEM: Mauchlineware pincushion disc with scene of Mountain House, Catskill Mountain New York. 2" diameter. 3RD ITEM: Mauchlineware needlebook with scene of St. Walter Scott's monument, Edinburgh (tears to spine). […]

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. […]

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 & […]

Lot of jewelry and gold mechanical pencils. 1ST ITEM: One (1) ivory graduated bead necklace, center bead approximately 10 mm, 16-1/2" L. 2ND ITEM: One (1) tortoiseshell locket, 1-3/4" H x 1-1/8" W. 3RD ITEM: Miscellaneous assortment of 6 stick pins, 5 testing as 10K, 2-3" L, with 2 original boxes. 4TH ITEM: Two (2) […]

Three-piece Mexican Sterling silver tea service, consisting of tea or coffee pot with ivory ferrules, creamer, and open sugar (may have originally had a lid). Each piece marked on bottom: Joyeria Real, Mexico, Sterling 925. Circa 1950. Teapot 10-1/2"H, creamer 5"H, sugar 4-1/2". Total weight 57.29 oz troy total weight. Condition: Good condition, some scattered […]

William Henry Harrison porcelain campaign pitcher, thin ivory bisque exterior with relief decoration including the Harrison log cabin with cider barrel and flying flag, windmill, canoe, seated man with cat smoking a pipe, running dogs and others. Gilt decoration to rim and handle, glazed interior. Although examples of Harrison Campaign pitchers are known in stoneware, […]

Classical period triple decker clock, retains interior label reading "Patent Brass 8 day clock, Birge Case & Co., Bristol, Connecticut". Carved eagle crest over a painted and gilded wood face with steel hands, flanked by side columns. Eglomise panel decorated with a bust of George Washington over a mirrored door with ivory escutcheon. Supported on […]

Miniature painting of two nude women in a landscape setting, probably watercolor on ivory, gilt metal pierced frame, housed in a larger ebonized and giltwood frame with carved corner blocks (contemporary). Unsigned but bears similarities to works by Charles Baxter (English, 1809-1879). Miniature painting measures approximately 3" x 2 1/8", overall framed dimensions 11" x […]