This is an authentic antique Abyssinian Ethiopian Coptic Orthodox brass Blessing Cross from the 19th century. The cross is intricately cast in two pieces and attached together. It features an oval central panel that is pierced and engraved in openwork, displaying a complex pattern with two crosses surrounded by an aureole. The long handle, which is square in section, is adorned with an elaborate finial composed of two small crosses...
A lovely story book with plenty of graphics throughout.
Published in 1969 by Dean & Sons
Price here includes shipping from the UK
This is one of the scarcer cast iron banks, small then the usual mechanical ones as this is the Boy version and entitle the The You Ni**er Bank.
Measures approx - 4.5" Tall and 3.5" Wide
Very rare to still find in tact as these would have been broken to retrieve the money.
Circa 1890
Measures approx 4" Tall and 3" Wide
Nice old Jigger Toy
Measures 11" Tall
really great graphics here on this Spanish Chocolate Powder tin. Made from Solid card and tin top and bottom.
Tin Measures Approx - 5.5" Tall and 4" in Diameter
Very nice double sided large candy tin with Black and White Harlequins..
Tin measures 8" Tall and 6" in Diameter
Set of of two small Children's Gollywog plates.
Measures approx - 4.5" in Diameter
Original Small Sharpoint Cobblers Nail Box with superb graphics on both sides of the box. Still complete with nails in the box
Box measures - 4cm x 3cm
Amusing toy, you turn the lever around and the Character inside dances around.
Measures 2.5" in Diameter
Small lot here, one tiny GolliWog perfume by Vigny (bottle measures only 2cm x 2cm) and little Doll House, Little Black Sambo book (measures 1.5cm x 2cm)
Nice little playing card box, it has some small card in there (not sure if original to the box) but nice display item
Box measures: circa 4" long and 2.5" tall and 1.5" Wide
Offered is a series of 18, circa 1920s, colorfully lithographed trade cards published by the Liebig Extract of Meat Company of London. Each "picture card" as they were called then, features very colorful and highly detailed images on the front side with extensive educational information on the back side, written in French, on the various African tribes living in the Belgian Congo during this time period...
The Five Jolly Darkies Way Down in Old Virginia, The Old Plantation,
Made by W. S. Reed Toy Co., Leominster, MA circa 1880/1890, wooden toy. Measures 9" x 6.5" x 2" deep.
Only thing missing the handle for the crank but another can easily be placed on it
Condition is very good
From 1924 - Novelty Box, likely as a fun gift box (for the time) with some language on the box that would not be used today!!
1892 McLoughlin Brothers, Punch & Judy series Game of Snap.
Instructions in the box Lid
Circa 1940/50 Boo Boogy Mans Game with Instructions
Very nice French Dexterity Game.. great graphics, boxed and under glass - Translates as "The Varicious Ni**er"
1900 Complete with Instructions Spin & Old Maid Card Game.
Manufactured by De La Rue & Co
Rare Early Card game from 1890 of "The New Game of Snip Snap Snorum"
Complete with Instructions, Box lid is missing top side flap but otherwise in very good condition for the age.
Early pre 1900 game of Komical Konversations.
Instructions inside the Box lid.
Box Lid is missing two flaps, all the rest is in good order.
Game made by Selchow & Richter - New York
Ecaf Black Pepper canister, empty, made of hard card and packaged in Barbados.
Caricature on both sides.
Nice complete with instructions French card game of the Ten Little Black Boys
This is a very rare item, they came in three variations, not sure if they ever made it to distribution back in the 50/60's but would have been there at shows for kids advertising the Brand, great condition, has the small holes on the back where the wheels would attach.
N****r Boy Licorice was produced through the 1950s and 60s by the National Licorice Pty Ltd, a company in the USA with a branch in Caulfield, Victoria...
A fantastic Old target game with great caricatures.
Original Gun which fires a cork in perfect working order.
The only issue is where the target stand has been put into the slots so many times, the corners are starting to fray a bit and make it difficult to slot the targets in the holes (This game I suspect will be more as display then playing) but the slots could be widened a bit if requited.
Great hard to find game.
Offered are two, VERY RARELY FOUND, 1880's, Black Americana die cuts printed in Germany and sold by the Bim Brothers, London.
This offering features two lovely die cuts- one, a well-to-do Victorian era husband and wife out for a stroll, and the second, a colorfully dressed musical trio playing banjo, concertina (small accordion) and tambourine...
Offered is a beautiful variety grouping of VERY RARELY FOUND, 1880's, Black Americana die cuts printed in Germany and sold by the Bim Brothers, London.
This offering features two lovely die cuts- one, a well-to-do Victorian era husband and wife sitting down to dinner, and the second, a colorfully dressed bride and groom at the altar about to take their wedding vows...
Offered are a fabulous variety grouping of VERY RARELY FOUND, 1880's, Black Americana die cuts printed in Germany and sold by the Bim Brothers, London.
The assortment features die cuts of musicians, jugglers, a boxer, actors, a bagpipe player, comically portrayed African natives, and die cut heads of adults as well as die cut heads of children...
Offered are two, VERY RARE, 1880's, Black Americana advertisements printed in Germany and sold by the Bim Brothers, London. The two advertisements both feature African Americans- one showcasing a family of five out for a stroll in the park, and the other featuring a group of nine folks of varying ages playing musical instruments and dancing in celebration.
The products which these advertisements were meant to endorse is unknown...
Offered are two, VERY RARE, 1880's, romantically-themed advertisements printed in Germany and sold by the Bim Brothers, London. The two advertisements both feature well-dressed African American gentlemen attempting to woo and capture the exclusive attentions of pretty young African-American ladies, one via a banjo serenade and the other via an offer of lovely flowers.
The products which these advertisements were meant to endorse is unknown...
Offered is an utterly fabulous, one-of-a-kind, 1880s, piece of original artwork by Edward West Merrill (1841-1910) of Concord, New Hampshire.
Merrill, known for creating extraordinary art collages of cut paper, cut birch bark, ink, and watercolor mounted on black construction weight paper, fashioned this particular piece depicting the fictional African-American Blackville Debating Society, by encompassing all of these preferred artistic mediums...
Lovely Black Beauty Shag Tobacco bag still with all its tobacco in
Measures 2.5" Long and 1.5" Wide
Boxed Little plastic toy bath and black. Made in Japan
Box Lid has a couple splits on one side of the corners
Box Measures approx 3.3" long and 2" wide
Nice Graphics on this little Minstrel make up tin, still with its contents.
Tin Measures approx 2.5" in Diameter
Large old Boyer's metal Polish Litho Tin Can with Black Americana Graphics on the back
It has a dent on the Front left side.
Measures Approx - 10" Tall, 7.5" Wide and 3" Deep
Very nice tin Bank in great condition with original key.
You put the coin on the Minstrel's tongue, press the lever and it retracts and puts the coin in the bank