VICTORIAN ivory etui circa 1867. Each piece is matching and the kit is perfectly complete... even the hinges match the items as they are all dotted. Included inside are sterling silver sewing necessities: scissors, needle case, thimble and punch. On the front is a Coat of Arms and the words "British Expedition of 1867 to Abysinnia". This particular etui was made for a family member of Lieutenant General Sir Napier who led the expedition.   View   View   View   View   View   View      #V31876

VICTORIAN ivory etui circa 1867. Each piece is matching and the kit is perfectly complete... even the hinges match the items as they all have the dotted pattern. Included inside are gilt sterling silver sewing necessities: scissors, needle case, thimble, bodkin and punch. On the front is a Coat of Arms and the words "British Expedition of 1867 to Abysinnia". This particular etui was made for a family member of Lieutenant General Sir Napier who led the expedition.   #V31876

VICTORIAN Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala.
Born December 6, 1810, died January 14, 1890.
"British Expedition of 1867 to Abysinnia"   #V31876
 

STERLING footed jewelry or trinket box hallmarked for 1919, engine turned top, lined in the original velvet, 3-1/2" by 2" tall.   View   View   View   View   #a33279

TORTOISE and ivory Anglo-India fretwork box with tortoise shell veneers, decorated ivory fretwork and paw feet, circa 1870 from the days of the Raj. The box is  6" by 4-1/2" by 2-1/2" high.    View   View   View   View   View   View   View   #a32981

VICTORIAN sewing set in original moss green velvet box, includes mother-of-pearl lidded 2-1/4" needle case; mother-of-pearl handled 3-1/2" glove hook, 3-3/4" flat nosed tweezers and 3-1/2" punch; silver 3-5/8" scissors; 4" tambour hook of steel with gilt tip and hook; 2-1/8" bodkin with large eye; and 3/4" "solid nickel silver" #2 thimble, all in fitted case 9-1/4" by 3-5/8". Circa 1890. See Thompson's "Sewing Tools & Trinkets" page 79.   View   View   View   #V32075

VICTORIAN sewing set in original moss green velvet box, includes silver 1" thimble; mother-of-pearl handled 3-3/4" glove hook; 3-1/2" punch; 3-7/8" flat nosed tweezers; 2-1/2" silver bodkin; "Elfin" silver 3-1/8" scissors; 1-1/3" needle case all in fitted 5-1/2" by 5-1/2" case. Circa 1890. See Thompson's "Sewing Tools & Trinkets" page 79.   View   View   View   #V32076

VICTORIAN sewing set in red velvet original box, includes mother-of-pearl handled 3-7/8" glove hook, 4" punch; two bodkins, each 2-1/2"; Sheffiled England 2-1/2" tiny scissors and 1" sterling thimble hallmarked "G&S 15" and Chester 1896, all in fitted 5-1/2" by 3-1/4" box. See Thompson's "Sewing Tools & Trinkets" page 79.  View   View   #V32077

VICTORIAN sewing set in original and charming heart shaped box, purple lining, includes mother-of-pearl handled pocket knife with sterling blade hallmarked "W.N" Sheffiled England 1901, tip broken, 3-1/3" glove hook, 3-7/8" tambour hook and 3-7/8" punch; sterling 1" thimble hallmarked "JF' Birmingham 1901; two 2-1/2" bodkins; and Royse Bros. Sheffield 3-7/8" scissors, all in fitted 5-1/2" by 5-1/4" box . The box has the British registry mark for October of 1874. See similar boxes in Thompson's "Sewing Tools & Trinkets" page 79.  View   View   View    View   #V32078  

VICTORIAN tortoise shell visiting card holder with mother-of-pearl inlay, etched designs, sterling cartouche engraved, "M. E. Smith, 10th Feb'y, 1879" and a calling card inside "Dr. W.C.F. Smith, North Parade, Halifax". There is a small stable old crack in one panel of the mother-of-pearl.    View   View   View   View   #V32215

VICTORIAN mother-of-pearl box for needles, 3-1/2" by 2" by 1-1/2". The perfect little sewing accessory.    View   View   View   View   #V32229

VICTORIAN deep red velvet album with pink floral bouquet front, colored floral design pages inside with photo ovals, 5" by 6" by 2".   View   View   View   View   #V32230

VICTORIAN agate patch or pill box with five stripes of different agate, 1-1/3" by 3/4" high.   View   View   View   #V32195

VICTORIAN abalone and mother-of-pearl thimble holder lined in wine colored velvet including a silver thimble marked size 9, 1-1/2" by 1" by 1".   View   View   View   View   View   #V32315

VICTORIAN round brass enameled patch or pill box with tiny pink roses on top. 1-1/8".   View   View   #V32193

VICTORIAN jewelry box for a brooch, 3" by 1-1/2".   View     #a33056

VICTORIAN silver thimble and case, thimble marked "Pat." and size "9", 7/8" thimble and 1-1/8" box. This thimble came to me with the box, but is probably not original to it.  View   View   #a32456 

VICTORIAN jewelry box for a brooch,  2-1/2" by 1-1/4"     View

    STERLING  lidded thimble box, lion mark "JK", 1-1/4".   View   View   View   View   View   #a24046

  STERLING ornate floral reposse vanity box.  View   View   View   View   View   View   View   #a50217

    JEWELRY casket marked on the back "WB Mfg. Co.", cream satin lining, 2" by 2".   View   View   View   #a50640 

 VICTORIAN small pink paper box from "Watchmaker & Jeweller, J.W. Clough, 32 Packers Row, Chesterfield".  View

LIMOGES box marked on the bottom "Atelier de Limoges, France, Peint Main (hand painted)", in the shape of a turtle, 2-1/4" by 1-1/2".   View   View   View   #a60410

   FEDWAY box, a sentimental collectible for those of us who grew up in Albuquerque in the 50s, when Fedway was the major downtown department store with roof-top parking.

BAKELITE classic fluted green patinated cylinder box with a very dark greenish-black lid and an unusual scalloped patinated green finial, a classic, 3" by 3".  View   View   #B32441

BAKELITE green cylinder thick chunky box with great patina, accented with a black base and lid with a butterscotch yellow finial. This box is probably a kit-made box rather than manufactured one. It has a scratched pair of initials on the bottom., 4" by 4-3/4".   View   View   #B32439

BAKELITE marbelized coffee-cocoa brown cylinder box, fudgey and rich with a wonderful stardust Perspex lid accented with a surrealist tilted brown cube finial. Extremely unusual, probably English, 3" by 2-7/8".   View   View   View   #B32440 

DECO white plastic ring box with gold trim, red velvet interior.  View   View   #a31469

DECO white plastic ring box with gold trim, deep aqua velvet interior.  View   #a31470

DECO white plastic ring box with gold trim, rose velvet interior.   View   #a31471

 DECO cream plastic ring box with brown trim, deep green velvet interior.   View   View   #a28258

DECO white plastic ring box with gold trim, deep green velvet interior.  View   #a31472

CELLULOID small lidded vanity box marked on the bottom "Beverly Arch Amerith", circa 1920, 2" lid width and 1" high. I think Arch Amerith is the company and Beverly the pattern name.   View   View   View   #V32853  

 
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