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Important Early American Signed Burl Bowl

George III Silver Meat Skewer By Chawner Catalogue: Antiques: Instruments and Implements: Culinary: Pre 1800 item# 947541
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Bearing the hallmarks of noted London silversmith Thomas Chawner, this heavyweight meat skewer was made in 1777. It it is fine condition, with only minor signs of use. Rare today, such skewers are usually displayed on desks as paperweights and letter-openers, rather than for holding a cut of meat in place for dressing it.

Important Early American Signed Burl Bowl Catalogue: Antiques: Instruments and Implements: Culinary: Pre 1700 item# 945611
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This New England ash burl bowl is not only powerful in its grace and appeal but is signed with hills and arrows. It is solid condition and measures approximately 14 inches in diameter and 5-1/4 inches in height. Late Seventeenth to early Eighteenth Centuries.

American Scrimshaw Carved Coconut Dipper Catalogue: Antiques: Instruments and Implements: Maritime: Pre 1837 VR item# 918859
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Carved in fine detail and boasting elegantly turned ivory mounts, this nautical gem is in superb condition, with no cracks or repairs. An abbreviated American shield on the face is flanked by "NB" (New Bedford?) Approximately 13-3/4 inches long, the lustrous bowl is about four inches in diameter.

Scrimshaw Dipper With Pewter Mounts Catalogue: Antiques: Instruments and Implements: Maritime: Pre 1837 VR item# 918853
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Solidly and carefully constructed to withstand hard usage, this handsome dipper has fine pewter mounts at the juncture of the handle and around the rim. It is well-balanced, in excellent condition and could still be used today. Probably New England, around the end of the Eighteenth to the beginning of the Nineteenth Century. Approximately 14 inches in length, the coconut cup is about 4-1/4 inches in diameter.

Ivory/Ormolu Nautical 5-Minute Glass Catalogue: Antiques: Instruments and Implements: Maritime: Pre 1800 item# 870255
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I bought this fine nautical instrument years ago in Amsterdam, so it may be Dutch -- or perhaps French. Carved into the top is "A.D. 1740" and the finely fitted ivory and glass elements are supported by exterior and interior ormolu mounts. It is approximately 4-5/8 inches tall and two inches in diameter and is quite the best hour-glass I have handled.

Rare Buttonhole Watch Catalogue: Antiques: Instruments and Implements: Timepieces: Pre 1900 item# 830844
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This elegant novelty once graced the lapel of a 19th Century dandy, an item both subtle ans ostentatious. In fine running condition, the winder is set an extraordinary distance above the works. The silver case is hallmarked Bern Switzerland, .935 purity.

French Faience Inkstand Catalogue: Antiques: Instruments and Implements: Writing: Pre 1900 item# 639303
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Incorporating what must have been the lid a large 17th Century jar of Rouen faience, this handsome French inkstand is mounted in finely detailed antiqued bronze. Dating from around 1870, it is approximately 8-1/2 inches in diameter and five inches high. It is in excellent condition.

French Empire Ormolu Ink Stand Catalogue: Antiques: Instruments and Implements: Writing: Pre 1800 item# 431218
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Of superb quality and in excellent condition is this French desk ornament that opens to reveal an ink pot, sander, two seal pots and four quill stands, with their removable rack. Including the rouge royale marble base, the finely detailed piece of circa 1800 is about six inches tall and of 4-3/4-inch diameter. An elegant addition to a classical setting.

Elegant Victorian Gentlemen's Travel Kit Catalogue: Antiques: Instruments and Implements: Pre 1900 item# 300334 (stock# 347AAA)
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In this case (3-1/2 inches by 7-1/2 inches) of finely grained Madagascar ebony are all the toiletry implements necessary to maintain a gentleman during his travels: a brace of razors, a double- and a single-bladed pocket knife, an awl, a button hook, a multi-use fingernail tool and corkscrew for toiletry bottles, all in finest surgical steel and ivory. The razors bear the hallmark of English manufacturers R. Hovenden & Son and are as sharp as the day they were made, probably around 1870. I ...click for details

Delightful Figural Wooden Nutcracker Catalogue: Antiques: Instruments and Implements: Culinary: Pre 1900 item# 272758 (stock# 336AAA)
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The bespectacled character protrayed on this antiques nutcracker could possibly be an old woman, but I choose to think that it Guisseppe, the widower who fashioned his "son" Pinocchio to ease his loneliness. Whichever and whatever, the carving is full of character. Tyrolean or Swiss, late Nineteenth Century, it is in fine condition, with only minor wear and no repairs, and is about eight inches in length and 1-3/4 inches wide and three inches deep.

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