Wonderful vintage 1940s hand-made sewing needle case of a little black girl with yellow bows in her braided hair and a pumpkin colored dress. Front of dress lifts up and there are two flaps for storing sewing needles. Very nicely made with fine detailing to face and hair construction--her little curls are tiny French knots. Excellent condition. Measures 6" long by 3" at the widest.

Super rare box, I have not seen another of these. I have left the protective plastic over it and box looks to be 100% intact. 5lb Candy Box, Manufactures by Howard B Stark Co - Pewaukee - WIS Box measures approx - 8.8" long and 7.5" Wide and 3.5" Deep

This rarely found, 1937, tin, wind-up, DOUBLE JITTER-BUG Mechanical Dancing Toy was made by the Buffalo Toy & Tool Works. The Buffalo Toy & Tools Works was located in Buffalo, New York, and was established in 1924.

The toy is in very fine, working condition. When wound, the black dancers bob up and down, moving their hinged legs about and swinging their arms. The dancer's heads, bodies, and arms are constructed of flat tin, while their legs and feet are three dimensional...

What a great piece and survivor, condition is superb also. Thick Card adverting that would have been on a shop counter etc.. for Churchman's Darkie Shag. Measures circa 12" by 8"

really nice litho coffee tin with a caricature of a black lady drinking Coffee. On a whole the tin is in decent condition but does have age related wear to it. Measures approx 6" Tall and 4" in diameter

Children's Wooden spin toy, hold the bottom and move it around to get the boy to spin around

A wonderful example of hand-crafted Black Americana Folk Art!

This wonderful Depression Era piece features a whimsical 10 inch long cutout figure of a little wooden black girl with hand-painted smiling mouth and eyes! She is dressed in a hand-stitched cotton costume that has been stuffed with scrap fabric.

Her feet feature two brass-finish hooks, presumably to either hang keys or pot holders from...

Offered are two, circa 1930's, Japan, colorfully decorated, Black Americana Tea Pots in pristine condition! A darling and diminutive, novelty elephant piece with riding black native completes the trio! All three elephants proudly point their trunks upward, awarding "Good Luck" (according to superstition) to anyone who displays them (or drinks their tea)!

Cleverly designed, the elephants themselves, serve as the body of each tea pot, while the turbaned Black Natives lift off the elephants' ba...

A simply fabulous and extremely rare, circa 1870-1880's, solid brass, Black Americana SLAVE FACE BOWL!! A striking image!!

Prominent facial features- eyes and brows, nose, cheekbones, lips and teeth -and tight curly hair rise from the surface of the bowl. The bowl is rather heavy for its diminutive size and has no markings. Measures 4 inches in diameter and 1.5 inches high...

nice little children's paint box with Golly. measures approx - 4.5" Long and 3" Wide

Very nice and perfect condition, little box complete with all its cigarette paper... Measures approx - 2" x 1.7"

This is rare paper label Mammy Black Enamel Paint Can, Graphics on Both Sides. There is a lot of rusting to the can itself, paper label has staining but is all there... Can Measures approx - 3.5" in Diameter and 4" Tall

Rare pair of African style black baby figurines made mid 20th century in Vienna, Austria. The tall sitting child is 2.5 inches high. The crawling child is 2.75" long. Stamped with "Hagenauer Wien", “Made in Austria", and "wHw“. Both in excellent condition and date circa 1950s.

Measuring 13 inches high, this delightful, hand-made, brother and sister pair of Black cloth dolls were made circa 1940's, by "Roxie" of Asheville, North Carolina, as attested to by the dollmaker's tag sewn on the brother's backside.

Both dolls are in near perfect condition with the exception of a tiny teardrop mark under brother's left eye and a tiny hole next to sister's left side of face on her hairline...

Nice German Tin with great graphics. Tin Measures approx - 4.5" in Diameter and 4" Deep

Sweet Children's story book with nice illustrations - 44 Pages

Tin is in great condition for this small German Coffee tin Measures approx - 4" in Diameter and 5" Tall

A 3-1/8" across hexagonal sterling silver fully hallmarked dish with an inset nickel clad (not sterling) coin commemorating the 25th anniversary of the marriage of Queen Elizabeth II and Price Philip (1947-72). The sterling silver dish is fully hallmarked for Birmingham England 1973. The maker's mark is for J Collyer LtD., and there is an additional mark of two Cs on each side of an anchor...

Small Black Americana Candy Box, "Cake Walk" by John H Dockman & Son. Inc Box is all complete with no splits but as you will see from the photo, there is staining and wear to it. Box Measures approx - 4" Long and 2" wide and 1" in depth

Offered are five different, circa 1890-1901, Jim Crow era, stereoview cards, highlighting African-American history at the turn of the 20th century, some 120+ years ago. They feature: grueling rice field labor in South Carolina, a slave market in St. Augustine, Florida, a group of Florida sugar cane grinders, five English Springer Spaniels at U.S...

German Children's Toy Noise maker.. Unfortunately it no longer makes any noise, so just a nice display piece.

Really nice Toffee Tin with Golly and Child playing. Tin measures approx - 5.5" Long and 3.7" Wide

Amusing item, that would have been used for someone to leave a note, all you do is pot the note in the slot and to retrieve you can pull it out or just slide the door out

This great belt buckle is made of scrimshaw ivory with a great clipper ship nautical theme. It features a clipper ship and old boathouse. It measures 2 1/4" x 1 1/2". It is totally encased in sterling silver with a great design. The artist carved his intials at the bottom right - DC - and has the maker's mark on the back. It has s good heft and is excellent condition. FREE US STANDARD S/H

Children's Toy drum with various scenes including Black boy beating a drum. Condition not great per photos Measures approx - 7" in diameter and 3" in Hight

Nice Graphics on this little Minstrel make up tin, still with its contents. Tin Measures approx 2.5" in Diameter

A Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee 1897 brass watch fob medal or pendant. This 1-1/8" diameter brass watch fob was issued to commemorate Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee. This fob could be worn as a pendant, and it has the legend 60th ANNIVERSARY OF THE CORONATION OF QUEEN VICTORIA CELEBRATED AT LONDON, JUNE 22, 1897 MADE IN AMERICA and REGINA ET IMPERATRIX 1837 1897 VICTORIA...

Little Box and French Perfume Bottle for Vigny Golliwogg. Box measures circa 3" tall and 2" Wide

Tobacco tin lunch box, Dixie Kid Cut Plug, by Nall & Williams Tobacco Co.-Louisville, great Black Baby graphics & says "He was bred in Old Kentucky", has usual age related wear, please see photos 5"H x 8"W.

This is a lovely scarce First Edition, children's little story book. Great illustrations. Printed in 1953

Nice Old one pound New Orleans Style Molasses Sweet Box. Box Measures circa 9.5" x 5"

Sweet tiny harmonica for kids with Small Black Americana Jazz Band Caricatures Made of Wood and Tin Measures only just over 3"

Sweet Tin, for milk chocolate peanuts. Please see photos for condition, age related wear Measures Approx - 7.5" Long and 3" Wide

KUKRYNIKSY SOVIET RUSSIAN SATIRE PROPAGANDA POSTER . Vintage circa 1950-1960 KUKRYNIKSY group SOVIET SATIRE PROPAGANDA PRINT Bribe. From a trio of Russia's most important graphic artist receiving numerous awards from the Russian state for their work especially in WW11 . Size about 19" x 25.5" paper in good condition but has faint foxing. Translation: the aft HAPUGA AND HIS SERVICE If presented a huge bribe. All will "Yes". All will smoothly. If bribes no All will no...

Measuring 8.25 inches long, this vintage, Black Mammy Spoon rest was made in JAPAN in the 1950's. Along with its jolly, wide-eyed caricature, the spoon rest features a purple-colored tulip painted on both sides and reads “SPOONREST” in black lettering at the top of the Mammy's polka-dotted, purple headscarf. Note small "hanging hole" in back for display on the kitchen wall!

Very few of these pieces survive due to the high level of use they encountered...

This delightful Black Boy Rag Doll has a face with a story to tell! What an expression!

Measuring 13 inches tall, he is constructed of black, machine-stitched, vintage 1930-1940's, polished cotton which has been stuffed with cotton batting. Facial features have been hand-embroidered, are quite expressive and are exceedingly well done. His hair has been styled in tightly wound little ringlets...