View five assorted late 19th to early 20th lorgnette muff watch long chain metal glass Necklaces: Antique circa 1900 Victorian Edwardian watch muff or lorgnette long chains, foxtail, gunmetal, metal; four with swivel clips and ready to wear at your Downton Abbey party! 88 each:
(A) gunmetal: SOLD, no price, no info please;
(B) 55" doubled citrine color woven glass beads w/numerous designs - original gold fill clip;
(C) 53" doubled gold gilt brass foxtail chain with 10 light ...
Offered is a wonderful example of mid-19th century craftsmanship. This elegantly designed HAND ADZE exhibits a perfectly formed handle that fits in the palm of one's hand like a glove!
Hand adzes, which are swung with one hand, are used for smoothing or carving wood. This early adze with its captivating, primitive look exhibits appropriate wear commensurate with a modestly used tool of some 160 years of age...
Offered are two, choice, circa 1920s - 1930 era hickory shaft golf clubs.
The first club, the ladies' 7 iron, comes with considerable pedigree. It was offered by the golf professional Frank Belwood while employed as Club Pro at Garden City Golf Club in NY. This club is a handsome ladies' mid iron with a somewhat low profile construction measuring 38 inches to the heel. The hickory shaft has a nice original patina. Noted is a slight bend towards the club head with a faint split at the hosel...
HAMPDEN 18 Size Hunting Model SSD Arabic Script Signature NOS dial; never used. Produced and designed for the Hampden 17j. Very nice. Hairline free. THIS IS A FINE COLLECTIBLE. DON'T INVEST IN BONDS or STOCKS. BUY HARD ASSETS PROVEN IN TIME.
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Small and pretty desk seal, gilded silver and banded agate, with two minuscule French hallmarks, probably a boar´s head (in use from 1838 on small items). From around 1850-60 = 2nd Empire. The seal stone, not engraved, is yellow in tone, probably a citrine or a topaze. Height "2/ 5.4 cm. Condition: the agate handle with repair (cf. pics).
This absolutely wonderful pair of Victorian opera glasses are marked Lemaire Fabt, Paris. They were made in Paris, and date back to about
1880-90. They measure 4” wide and 3” tall when fully extended and were
part of the extravagant Paris opera scene during the Victorian period. What a joy to be able to take them to the opera today. It comes with
leather casing with red velvet lining. Condition is good with age wear to the leather. Shipping is FREE within the U.S.
Elk Hunting Cane-Late 19th Century-A high relief cast handle of hounds and elks, sterling silver signed 925 plus other unreadable hallmarks, hardwood shaft and a horn ferrule-H. 2 ½” x 1 ½”, O.L. 36”
American WALTHAM 16 Size Hunting Model Movement only; FANCY DIAL 1892. 11j, "Wm ELLERY", Pendent Set, No. #5,875,135. Good Staff, complete, but needs service. Sold AS IS only. THIS IS A FINE COLLECTIBLE. DON'T INVEST IN THE STOCK MARKET, BITCOIN, BONDS. BUY HARD ASSETS, SOMETHING PROVEN IN TIME.
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Offered are two, desirable, circa 1910 era, smooth face, hickory shaft golf clubs made in Scotland. Although smooth face golf clubs fell out of fashion and perhaps function by the very early 1900s, they were still offered in catalogues for a number of years beyond this date.
The first club is stamped "J. NICHOLLS - SPECIAL - MASHIE" and measures 34" from the heel to the top of the shaft. The second club is stamped "J...
Offered is a delightful trio of 19th century, Horn, Apothecary Pharmacy Powder or Tablet Scoops. These tools of the trade were made in three different sizes ranging from nearly 5 inches long to 5.75 inches long.
These interesting pharmacy implements have a warm honey translucent tone and are complemented by a natural brownish color which is especially noted in the largest scoop. They were most likely made from cow horn as was typical of the period...
Offered are three C1905-1930, hickory shaft golf clubs from Edinburgh, Scotland.
The first club, a ladies' MASHIE iron, is stamped with the following: "HENDRY & BISHOP Ltd. - EDINBURGH - Made in Scotland - Warrented Hand Forged - SPECIAL (L) with the MITRE BRAND" cleek mark. This circa 1930 club has a handsome construction and measures 35 inches to the heel. The straight hickory shaft sports a nice patina, and its original leather grip is in good condition...
This is a fantastic walking stick that features 6 small parrots in a row. The parrots are carved from bone and they all have glass eyes. This wonderful stick measures 37" x 4 1/4" x 1 1/2". The handle itself measures 2 1/2" x 4 1/4" x 1 1/2". The ferrule measures 1 1/2" and the collar is 1 1/4". A great stick! You can now buy this painting with Art Money, a service we offer our most valued clients...
Rare movement tin. AMERICAN WALTHAM WATCH Co. 16 Size MOVEMENT TIN with STEM & CROWN 1870...
A pair of really superb condition walnut stock Heavy Dragoon pistols, c. late 18th. century.
The pistols are with an extremely large bore size barrels of c. .75 inch! The single barrel pistols with steel engraved trigger guards, lovely rounded walnut butts and the locks line border engraved and with 'H Nock' on the steel plate and 'London' to the steel barrels and stamped with a pair of private Tower proof marks with the (CROWN) / HN maker’s mark of Henry Nock between the two proof...
The carved handle is 2 1/4 inches high and 1 1/2 inches to the side.. There is a ornate metal collar and natural branch shaft with varved bone dots inlaid on twigspurs and a metal ferrule. Overall length of the cane is 34 inches. Condition Report: Fair condition
Offered is a diminutive size, 19th century apothecary bottle labeled "SODA MINT". This bottle sports a hand-painted glass recessed label with gold embellishment! Soda Mint today is better known as sodium bicarbonate or baking soda, which is used in cooking, and medicinally to relieve heartburn, sour stomach, or acid indigestion by neutralizing excess stomach acid.
This 5 inch tall wide mouth bottle is in fine condition. The ground glass stopper fits perfectly. The glass label is complete, ha...
Presented in a frame is the highly colorful, visually-appealing and patriotic cover of an 83 page song book advertising BROMO-SELTZER. Prominently featured is the American flag waving beside the iconic, cobalt blue colored BROMO-SELTZER bottle!
This cleverly-designed image dates to the late 1890s to the early 1900s as it advertises the product as a CURE for all headaches. The passage of the 1906 Pure Food and Drugs Act requiring that foods and drugs bear truthful labeling statements and meet ...
ROCKFORD WATCH CO.
Rockford, Illinois
1873 – 1915
The Rockford Watch Company’s equipment was bought from the Cornell Watch Col, and two of Cornell’s employees, C.W. Parker and P.H. Wheeler, went to work for Rockford. The factory was located 93 miles from Chicago on the Rock River. The first watch was placed on the market on May 1, 1876. They were key wind, 18 size, full plate expansion balance and dials made by outside contract. By 1877 the company was making ¾ plate and nickel mov...
This is a wonderful clock made of bronze and rouge marble depicting a lion pulling a cherub in a chariot over the tomb of Napoleon. It measures 17" long x 17" tall x 6" deep. The only marks I could find on it, which are shown in the photos, are numbers and an award that it won in France. It works beautifully and is in excellent condition.
This great carved ivory walking stick features a wonderful cockatoo with beautiful blue glass eyes. This stick has a coin silver British collar, ebony shaft and metal ferrule. This stick measures 37 1/4" x 1 1/4" x 1". The handle is 3" x 1 1/4" x 1". The collar is 1/4" and the ferrule is 1". A very nice stick!
Lovely antique garden shears, circa 1915. They are silver plate made by the Clauss Co. of Fremont Ohio. They are 6.5" long and 2.5" at their widest (when closed). They have a nice rose motif.
Offered for consideration, is a wonderful and rarely found, early 20th century, English, "DENTIST" sign in brass measuring 12 3/4ths inches wide x 7 inches high.
The sign advertises the office of "James H. Groom. Dentist.", and remains in fine condition with rich, deep-toned, original patina and some very minor warping due to its many years of age. The lettering is actually impressed into the surface and is painted black. Any white marks appearing on the front of the sign are due only to ligh...
An American War of 1812 era military dirk by Dickson of Albany, New York. With engraved gilded brass sheath. Overall length: 14 inches. Pommel is a replacement, crack to hilt, minor rust to triangular steel blade.
Circa: approx. 1880. ILLINOIS Watch Co. MOVEMENT TIN 18 Size, Screw Off PAT'd 1907. Salesman and merchants used these tins to protect movements from damage while on display. 50mm diameter and 26mm thick. Original GLASS Crystals on both the top and bottom to display both the dial and movement. Edge marked: ILLINOIS WATCH Co. SPRINGFIELD, U.S.A./PAT.MAY 14,1907. Extremely rare; factory new and never used! THIS IS A FINE COLLECTIBLE. DON'T INVEST IN THE STOCK MARKET or BONDS. BUY HARD ASSE...
This is not my area of specialty so I will attempt a best description. The smoking pipe is of Meerschaum, (for the German "sea foam"), actually the mineral sepiolite. Since the 1720's, the mineral, found mostly in Turkey, has been used in the fashioning of ornately carved smoking pipes. The mineral has been described as soft enough to carve yet hard enough to polish. The fad for such smoking implements reached a peak in Victorian times. By World War I the fashion had moved on to Art Deco an...
HAMPDEN 12 Size Fine ROMAN figures Single Sunk Porcelain Dial. Hampden Logo Script signature. NOS Never Used. Associated with the 15j and 17j Hampden 12 size models. Uncirculated Hampden Factory stock.
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Early 20th to Art Deco articulated full fob watch chain ending in a triangle lavender plum slag glass fob drop and marked: MADE IN GERMANY. Rhodium plated brass.
5 5/8" x 3/4"; slag glass triangle is ~ 21mm X 19mm.
Wear it as a pendant. Warm rich brass peeking through in all the right places,
This "machine age" articulated watch chain feels fluid from fob to swivel. In good pre owned wearable antique condition for a 90 year old item. Have sold other similar in the past for much m...
Offered is a lovely, antique, late 19th C, hand-held massaging tool. This skillfully turned hardwood handle and frame features four wood and rubber rollers which facilitate massaging technique. Many modern hand-held massaging tools mimic the design of this antique piece.
Research notes that this early medical instrument was made by the Health Culture Co.
The following patent date is stamped on the interior portion of the wheel (PAT'D APR 12, 02), however, the date of 1892 is also refere...
This delightfully fancy, 19th Century, cast iron, physician's office sign marked "DR. JOHN LAGAN", once hung on a small building in turn-of-the-century San Francisco, California! It actually survived the famous earthquake of 1906!!
A treasure of early signage designed in the Art Nouveau style, this sign measures 46 inches long by 7 inches wide. The sign weighs at least 25 pounds and sports cast detailing seldom found!
The sign features a delightful and mellow patina with an old painted su...
Handle is 1 1/2 inches high and 4 1/2 inches to the side, well carved handle with a beaded overlay of silver, engraved silver collar “Colonel E. F. Gosset”, thick ebony shaft and a horn ferrule. Overall length of the cane is 35 1/2 inches. Condition Report: Good condition
Offered is a wonderfully hand-crafted, mid-19th century, woodworking, HAND SCRAPER PLANE.
This circa 1860s example has an expertly carved, smooth-angled handle that ends in a flourished, curl-like shape. The overall form of the tool, when viewed in profile, takes on a somewhat futuristic, space-age design- an interesting concept given that this tool is approximately 160 years old! This handsome tool measures 8.25 inches long and sports a warm, aged, brownish patina.
The condition is commen...
S.B. Champlin Company
Providence, RI
1872 - 1934
A sharply angled, almost-triangular-plan 5-story brick industrial building, this was constructed by the S.B. Champlin Company (established 1872) to house its manufacturing of gold rings and gold-filled chains as well as provide rental space for other jewelry manufacturers, an own-and-rent practice then common in the jewelry industry and characteristic of neighboring contemporary buildings in the Jewelry District. The building was so s...
RARE HAMILTON 18 SIZE FULL PLATE MOVEMENT ILLUSTRATED HIGH RESOLUTION Images POSTER. 20 by 24 INCH presented by the NAWCC Chapter 149 research group. Has become rare and available only through www.watchcompany.com while the few left last. A must for the Hamilton watch collector. Frame not included. Beautiful illustrations of various Hamilton movements created for the purposes of research by the National Watch & Clock Collectors Chapter 149. Printed in June 2010. THIS IS A FINE COLLECTIBLE. ...
A lovely silver mounted powder flask in fine silver, Persian, c. 18th.-19th. century.
The pear-shaped flask very elegant and set with silver rosettes and large silver mounts, complete incl. chain to the stopper.
Size: 17 cm.
Condition: Extremely fine.
Ex. Old Danish Private Collection the flask comes with identity card from the collection.
This one-of-a-kind desk accessory is rare and unique. An antique Victorian sterling silver wax seal with petrified tooth-form handle, Monogram EMQ, banding marked STERLING and 925/1000, American, C.1890. Size: 3 5/8" x 1/2"; Condition is excellent.
HAMPDEN 12 Size BOLD ROMAN Single Sunk Porcelain Dial. NOS Never Used. Very scarce BOLD ROMAN FIGURES. Associated with the 15j and 17j Hampden 12 size models. Uncirculated Hampden Factory stock.
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