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Boxed Windsor Harlequin egg cup set $55.00
Click Here for Product Details! Made by the Crown Crystal Glass company and marketed under the Windsor label, this is a boxed set of six harlequin coloured egg cups in ’as new’ condition.These are a superb set, NZ or Australian made.
Late Victorian fruit knife $22.50
Click Here for Product Details! Design registration mark dates this item to 1890 and the maker as Allen and Darwin. The knife features a nice mother of pearl handle and very decorative engraved blade. Wear commensurate with age.
Small Dunedin Exhibition memento box $25.00
Click Here for Product Details! Rather nice little box suitable for keeping small memento’s, which is identified as having been made as a souvenir of the Dunedin Exhibition of 1925/26. Hinge and fastening very good, wood is probably Macrocarpa
Ivory serviette ring with elephant motif $35.00
Click Here for Product Details! Nice antique ivory serviette / napkin ring with a hand carved motif of elephants. Ivory has a nice patina of age and the wear to the ring suggests plenty of previous use without any suggestion of abuse that I can see.
Victorian period, hand carved Iona Cross $70.00
Click Here for Product Details! Hand carved, Victorian era Iona Cross with angel motif. Judging by the weight of the cross, it appears to be ebony - perhaps an ebonised hardwood at least. Carving is slightly crude in places but charming over all.
Walkers Toffee hammer $40.00
Click Here for Product Details! A great example of this collectable toffee hammer by the premier manufacturer of English Toffee since the late 1800’s. Hammer head is blunt on one side and chisel shaped on the other.
Oak Cutlery Box - Harrison Bros. and Howson $110.00
Click Here for Product Details! Nicely branded with the Harrison Bros. and Howson name plate on the front interior edge, this is for a large set of cutlery. The canteen has spaces for at least 48 pieces of flatware plus honing, carving and serving implements.
British Issue Red Post Office Savings Bank Money Box $35.00
Click Here for Product Details! Rather good example of the British Post Office Savings bank money box. Traditionally these were for children to save their money in, and the key was always held at the post offices. Good condition
South East Asian Tea caddy $75.00
Click Here for Product Details! Tea caddy which has been constructed from a coconut shell, lid finial and the base all appear to be made from the coconut tree timber as well. The base and finial elephants have lost their ivory tusks though.
Fire bell ex Roslyn Fire Station $85.00
Click Here for Product Details! Cast Iron. electric, fire bell which we are informed , previously hung on the wall of the Roslyn fire station in Dunedin. Very nice tone to bell when manually struck with the striker arm - electrics not tested
SVA 12v wall mounted Telephone Bell $85.00
Click Here for Product Details! This is a great example of the wall mounted telephone bell. Full metal construction with the SVA logo on the casing. Bell has a great tone when manually struck - not electrically tested 12 volt ac system
Small earthenware crock by Powell $25.00
Click Here for Product Details! Attractive little crock - ideal size for holding kitchen implements and sitting on the kitchen bench. No chip buy I do note a fine glaze crack or two. Crock stands 6 1/2" tall with a base diameter of 4 1/2".
Robertson’s Golden Shred Badge - Hockey Player $15.00
Click Here for Product Details! A Golden Shred Golliwogg badge featuring the Gollie as a hockey player. These ’white waistcoat’ badges with Golden Shred on the waistcoat were made in the late 1950’s / early 1960’s
Gilded Canadian Coat of Arms $90.00
Click Here for Product Details! Superbly carved and jessoed Shield with the Coat of Arms of Canada emblazoned and gilded. The crown style dates this piece to the 1920’s / early 1930’s, so a remarkable find in this condition.
Art Deco Part Bookpress $395.00
Click Here for Product Details! Very decorative bookpress with an unusual handle/counterweight system. The screw column has either been foreshortened or the top plate muct have been much deeper than it currently is.
Cedar Cutlery Tray $50.00
Click Here for Product Details! This item came from a local historic home where it served as a cutlery tray for a 16 place setting. The cedar has dried over the years with the softer timber shrinking and giving a very textured surface.
Pair of Rimu Standard holder $65.00
Click Here for Product Details! Very well made, deco period holders for flags mounted on standards (poles). These holders would allow the flag to be placed upright in the holder and held quite firmly despite the weight of the flag.
Art Deco Period Shop Counter bell $ 23.30
Click Here for Product Details! Nice example of art deco design incorporated into a useful item. This counter bell has a nice bakelite base and top and a metal body and striker. British made by Silvertone Bells. Chromed metal show fine pitting.
Low Countries Carved Wooden Bottle Stopper $18.50
Click Here for Product Details! A nice piece of treen - hand carved figure in the style suggestive of Holland as a point of origin. Carved in quite a naive style and then coloured with paints which have faded over the years, Humorous and charming
Boxed, brass rolling ruler $145.00
Click Here for Product Details! This is an excellent example of the rolling ruler - friend to draughtsmen and technical plan drawers for many years before CAD systems. This is nice big ruler - 18" span of solid brass along with good straight edges
Advertising Thermometer $90.00
Click Here for Product Details! Nice example of the early advertising give away, before the ubiquitous branded Bic pen - wood mounted thermometer with a Farenheit scale. The unit advertises a Melbourne General Ironmongery business.
Cased vintage confectioners thermometer $30.00
Click Here for Product Details! Nicely cased, mercury filled thermometer with a range of 0 to 400 degrees Fahrenheit which makes it suitable for confectionery work. Marked as a ’British Make’ bu ’Accoson’. Excellent wooden case - probably oak.
Stamp and Label Moistener $65.00
Click Here for Product Details! Superb porcelain stamp and label moistener from the IDL (Ideal) company in Carlstadt New Jersey, USA, probably about 1940’s. Good solid construction and nicely finished item with no damage.
Gunmetal finished Vesta case $23.50
Click Here for Product Details! Rather nice example of a working class vesta case, with a gun metal type finish. The metal is obviously ferrous as the finish has one or two small rust blemishes - none the less an interesting piece.
1956 Wade Whimsies - Leprechaun’s Pot of Gold $14.00
Click Here for Product Details! This leprechaun comes from the Lucky Fairy Folk series introduced by Wade (Ireland) Ltd in 1956. The figure measures 1 3/8 inches in height, and comes with the leprechaun wearing grey trousers, blue coat and yellow hat.
1956 Wade Whimsies - Cobbler $13.50
Click Here for Product Details! This leprechaun comes from the Lucky Fairy Folk series introduced by Wade (Ireland) Ltd in 1956. The figure measures 1½ inches in height, and comes with the leprechaun wearing blue trousers, grey coat and red hat.
1956 Wade Whimsies - Tailor $14.00
Click Here for Product Details! This leprechaun comes from the Lucky Fairy Folk series introduced by Wade (Ireland) Ltd in 1956. The figure measures 1½ inches in height, and comes with the leprechaun wearing blue trousers, fawn coat and blue hat.

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