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Rare Antique Snuff Box In Bark
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Pre 1900 item# 34448 (stock# 204AAA)
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A charming bit of rustic handicraft is this small snuff-box made of carefully built-up thin layers of serrated birch bark held in place by many tiny brass nails. Small cut-out circles reveal a surprise of blue underneath, and a trace of shiny brown at the base suggests that it was probably originally bound like that all around the top and bottom in that manner. The original leather thong still forms the handle for the top. Early to mid-Nineteenth Century, probably Tyrolean or Alpine. Fine, u ...click for details
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Lovely Antique Yarn Bowl In Ebony
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Pre 1837 VR item# 19082 (stock# 124AAA)
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Important to knitting and other needlework of days gone past was this sort of bowl to keep the yarn from rolling all over the place. This beautiful one is exquisitely turned of coromandel wood or calamander ebony. There a few minor chips around the rim, but overall it is in very fine condition. British, probably early to middle Nineteenth Century. Approximately two inches high and 3-1/4 inches in diameter.
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Antique Mauchline Wooden Drinking Cup
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Pre 1837 VR item# 19067 (stock# 120AAA)
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The witches’ prophecy of Macbeth’s downfall is recalled in this little wooden quaich, or double-handled drinking cup. The end was to come when Birnam forest would come to Dunsinane, the king’s castle, and that comes about when Malcolm has the soldiers disguise themselves in branches from the forest’s trees. As described on one side of this Mauchline woodenware quaich, the elegant little gem was turned from Birnam wood for Andrew Bookseller of Dunkeld; on the other side there is also the app ...click for details
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Antique Treen Carpet Bowling Ball
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Pre 1900 item# 19065 (stock# 119AAA)
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Elegant in its simplicity is this Scottish carpet bowling ball of lustrous lignum vitae. Originally made of stone, the bowls were replaced in the Seventeenth Century by ones in pottery or, much more rarely, in this tropical wood. This example is Nineteenth Century, manufactured in Glasgow by R. G. Lawrie and approved by the Scottish Carpet Bowling Association. It is approximately 3-3/4 inches in diameter and is decorated with six inlaid plugs of ivory.
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English Regency Penwork Box
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Pre 1837 VR item# 18271 (stock# 111AAA)
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Here is an excellent example of Georgian handicraft: a penwork stationery box of simple black and gilt borders surrounding transfer scenes of a stately building, a fantasy London, a village and a holiday market square. In very fine, aged condition, it retains its original gilt fittings, its well-preserved wallpaper lining, even its original key. It is only a shame that the billets doux it no doubt harbored are no longer contained within. English, circa 1810. Approximately 6-1/4 inches by 10 ...click for details
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