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Masonic Medal - Mark Master $35.00
Click Here for Product Details! Superb masonic medal of the Mark Master or Fouth Degree. The ribbon carries the mallet and chisel on a background of sky blue and maroon ribbon. Suspended marble which is ’neither square nor true’.
Masonic Medal $35.00
Click Here for Product Details! Masonic lodge medal from Lodge Edendale (No.289). Pale blue ribbon with sterling silver fittings which are beautifully enamelled and engraved. Engraving detail on rear dates the medal to 1964 - 1965.
Early Tunbridge ware Pincushion $78.50
Click Here for Product Details! Tunbridge pincushion with the fine inlaid work that identifies this ware. The actual pincushion is a sandwich between the the top and bottom wooden plates - evidence of it being red velvet but mostly worn away
Cut Glass and EPNS Part Dressing Table Set $65.00
Click Here for Product Details! Set of 4 cut glass and EPNS lidded containers for the dressing table. No makers marks on the glass or lids to identify maker but well made and especially decoraitve with the machine turning on the lids.
early Boy Scout Hat badge $63.50
Click Here for Product Details! Rather nice early Boy Scout hat badge with green enamel ground, yellow enamel scroll and a raised wolf head and rim in metal. Research suggests Edwardian period and most likely English rather than NZ.
Face powder Compact - 1940 NZ Exhibition $45.00
Click Here for Product Details! Superb little face powder compact - still containing face powder, with a nicely enameled top showing the pavilion used for the 1940 Exhibition. Nice engine turning on the base of this English made compact
Ladies Powder Compact $40.00
Click Here for Product Details! Nice ladies powder compact by Vogue Vanities of England. Outer cover portrays Peacock and pea hen, nice clean mirror inside lid and a secondary cover over the powder reservoir. Compact is 3" in diameter.
Oak Framed Shaving Mirror $105.00
Click Here for Product Details! Antique oak framed gentleman’s shaving mirror. with some real age to it. The construction is simple but appears to feature hand made nails (see the close up photographs). Decorative and useful!
Brass and Copper Humidor $175.00
Click Here for Product Details! Stunning humidor which has all the signs of being a commissioned piece. Four copper cartouches, two with game birds and two with the heads of dogs - which seem very individual and personalised.
Small Pewter Shoe Pincushion $75.00
Click Here for Product Details! Lovely pincushion in the form of a Victorian/Edwardian style shoe. Good weight and excellent stability.
Scandanavian Style tray $55.00
Click Here for Product Details! A very nice example of the clean Scandinavian lines that are seen in modernist furniture and accessories. This tray is a wood laminate with a deco type style to its look - timber looks like birch.
Early Shaving Mug $90.00
Click Here for Product Details! Strikingly designed , early, shaving mug mounted on three cabriole legs with generous pad footings. Condition is remarkable but wear has reduced the impressed marks to unreadable - see third photograph.
Late 19th cent. NZ branded straight razor $63.50
Click Here for Product Details! Tiki brand straight razor - 6.5/8 blade size set in celluloid or bakelite scales. Double stabiliser joins the shank and blade and the shank has a nice set of jimps on the lower edge. Comes with original box.
Kropp 4/8ths Straight Razor $38.50
Click Here for Product Details! A nice example of German precision seen in this 4/8th straight (cut throat) razor. Thanks to the owners name being engraved on the handle and the purchase name and date on the part box, we can accurately date to 1936
Boxed Rolls Razor $33.50
Click Here for Product Details! One of the nicest examples of this popular razor, we have seen. Box is well worn, with lid detatched from base, but the whet stone is in one piece and original documents all in place.
Capstan Quikstrop Razor Hone $44.00
Click Here for Product Details! Clever and well engineered hone for the old standard razor blades. Blade is fitted over the tqo raised pis on the capstans and a steady pull on the cord burnishes the edges against the hard rubber heads
Durham Demonstrator Cut Throat razor $58.50
Click Here for Product Details! A 1907 model straight / cut throat razor in mint condition - with original box, brochures and a fitted blade. Durham used replaceable blades behind a guard system, that took ’cut throat’ out of shaving.
Arrow Brand Straight Razor $28.50
Click Here for Product Details! Arrow brand straight or cut throat razor made by Ford and Medley of Sheffield England. rather a nice example - a few scratches and small rust spots, but not enough to detract. Box is not original.
Silver Plated Shaving Mug and Bristle Brush $35.00
Click Here for Product Details! A very attractive shaving mug and brush set in electro-plated nickel silver. The hallmarks don’t identify the maker but it is a quality piece. Brush has a hard rubber handle - no signs of use on bristle
Mark Cross safety razor - original box and instructions $43.50
Click Here for Product Details! Triple silver plated safety razor, by Mark Cross - an English manufacturer who also had offices in New York. This razor was pourportedly considered ’to dainty’ against the Gilette’s of the day. This razor is approximately 1912
Gents Small Cased Toiletries Set $37.50
Click Here for Product Details! Small cased set of Hairbrush, razor, and containers for shaving soap and shaving brush, The containers and the razor ar made of brown bakelite which remains in excellent condition.
Tobacco Humidor with Brass Screw Seal $70.00
Click Here for Product Details! Nice Tobacco humidor with all the appearances of being Lovatt’s pottery, but no backstamp seen. Good sized humidor and the lid still has a thin rubberised seal on the underside, Screw seal works well
Pottery Tobacco Humidor with Brass Pressure Sealing system. $85.00
Click Here for Product Details! Heavy earthenware pottery humidor with a nice marl glaze band on the body and the lid. Brass fitting screws the lid down tight to keep the tobacco fresh. From England but no pottery marks to identify maker - strong resemblance to Lovetts.
Mottle Glazed Tobacco Humidor with Air Tight Lid $85.00
Click Here for Product Details! Tobacco humidor with a brass screw down to seal lid and make it airtight to keep the tobacco fresh. beautiful mottled glaze on this humidor - no markings to distinguish maker however.
Edwardian Leather Stud and Collar Box $38.50
Click Here for Product Details! Leather collar box with a centre lidded compartment for holding dress studs and cuff links. Interior is very nicely finished in a purple satin - less blue than the photograph suggests. Interior lid is missing the satin cover.
Otago Boys High School Pin $25.00
Click Here for Product Details! Good white metal and blue enamel pin from the iconic Otago boys High School. face of the badge is 17mm in Diameter - good sturdy pin.
Treen - Turned wooden needle case $28.50
Click Here for Product Details! Turned wooden needle case, has the appearance of walnut in terms of grain and colour. The needle case measures 6" in length and the compartment appears able to hold a 3" needle without any problem.
Coarse Haired Fly Whisk - with Bone Handle $95.00
Click Here for Product Details! This is a stunning fly whisk - coarse hair which is possibly horse but perhaps more exotic since stylistically this looks Ethiopian/Egyptian in origin. Bone handle is carved very much in an Egyptian style - ? Cleopatra head and shoulders.

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