Antique Millefiori Tumbler Lot of 2. These were part of a collection of Antique tumblers that were all victorian and I believe these to also be so. I'm guaranteeing them to be antiques. They measure 3.75" and 3 7/8" tall with no cracks, chips, or restorations. The One to the right is really interesting, it's like a wheeling peachblow but I'm assuming italian. I've actually found two others very similar to that one sold, one had an 1841 cane it it and brought over $300. Selling both. TW184

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Antique Miniature Sterling Repousse Plaque on Easel. Marked with British sterling hallmarks and tested. 4 5/8" tall x 3 1/8" wide at base. tw213

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Antique Miniature Teddy bear excelsior filled. 4" tall excelsior filled, seems<br>to be felt or closely shaven/worn mohair. Not sure. The legs and arms move<br>together meaning if you move one arm both arms move, one leg both legs move.<br>Great little bear from the first quarter of the 20th century. If you have any<br>clues on the maker I'd be grateful. I could find no button or other markings.<br>isshelf

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Antique miniature watercolor portrait. 2.75" wide, very well painted. trinketdrawer

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Antique Mold Blown Art glass Cranberry Opalescent finger bowl. Great piece of top quality glass with ground pontil, perfect clarity, etc. I believe it's victorian, I know It's top quality art glass. 2.5" tall x 6" diagonal.TW223

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Antique Moser gilt/engraved crystal bowl 9.5" wide x 2.5" deep, slight loss to<br>gilding one shallow chip on exterior rim only visible under close examination,<br>no other damage. Unsigned but top quality by a top quality French or Bohemian<br>glassmaker, likely Moser.

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7.25" tall x 3.5" wide with no cracks or chips, no loss or other issues. Guaranteed circa late 19th century. Came from a collection of great late 19th century art glass, all genuine.

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Antique Solar Microbiology Inoculation loop/Scalpel Sterilizing Mushroom<br>Cultivation tool. This is the predecessor to the Bacti-cinerator, extremely rare<br>item that I'm not totally sure how to date but I'm confident it's from the first<br>half of the 20th century and likely the first quarter. Works, I plugged it in<br>and it heats up, turns red, tape on cord so I assume it was frayed. 7 5/8" wide<br>including steel rack that holds the loops/scalpels while sterilizing x 3.5" tall

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Antique Native American basket. 8" wide x 4" tall in good condition with minor wear. Nice early basket from the first quarter of the 20th century or possibly even 19th century. Strong and stable untouched estate fresh condition. Doesn't smell bad 7.25" wide x 4.25" tall.<br>isshelf

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Antique Navajo Sterling Silver Tobacco Canteen Flask. Very nice heavy walled hand stamped tobacco flask from the first half of the 20th century. a few small dents, lid fits incredibly well making a likely air/water tight seal. Estate fresh from a nice collection put together long ago of various Native American artifacts. Comes with one of the nicest bronze display stands I've ever seen that fits this like a glove, obviously custom made for this important piece of history. Unmarked, tests coin silver or sterling. 3.5" x 2.5" x 1.25" 71.5 grams. b70

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Antique NON-XLL Joseph Allen & Son Sheffield long blade knife. Nice solid knife<br>from the last half of the 19th century. 6" blade, 10.25" total length, Solid<br>knife with no play and excellent patina. Old initials on stag handle, Blade with<br>a few nicks, rounded tip, and some pitting. Knife still plenty sharp with a few<br>hundred years of use left in it.<br><br>knifedrawer

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Antique Northwest Coastal/Alaskan Native American storage basket. Nice old basket from an incredible collection. I believe it's from the first quarter of the 20th century, the weaving is extremely tight, the lid fits like a glove. It comes off when necessary but forms an incredible seal when put on. I don't believe this was a tourist item, I believe it once served as a storage basket. Slight wear as shown in just a few spots, overall exremely sturdy and in great condition. 5 1/8" tall x 4" wide.<br>tw271

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Antique Norwegian 830 silver mirrors wedding brooch. Late 19th to early 20th century. 3" tall, 15.6 grams with no issues. Really nice pin. Catches the light as you move around.Traditional wedding pin Norway. Great coat lapel or hat pin here.From the Web: The Power of Silver In rural Norway in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, women, men and children wore some kind of silver jewelry every day. Often that silver was in the form of a brooch or slje. Some styles of slje were specific to a region, others were used across the country. Simple pins were worn daily as the only fastener on a shirt or blouse. On special occasions, Norwegians wore more silver with their bunader, festive folk costumes, such as large brooches, buttons and shoe buckles, and finger rings.Silver showed the wealth and prosperity of a family, and Norwegians also believed it cured sickness in humans and animals, improved crops, and protected against storms and evil spirits. Huldrefolk were perhaps thep rimary reason for wearing silver jewelry. Also known as underworld creatures, huldrefolk tried to strengthen their gene pool by marrying humans and stealing children. Rural Norwegians never knew when or where they would encounter a huldrefolk, so they felt it was important to wear silver jewelry daily. The metal itself was strong, and dangling ornaments added protection by reflecting evil away from the wearer. Each time jewelry was worn in churc hor was handed down to the next generation, it became even more powerful.Rites of passage, especially baptism and marriage, were common times of huldrefolk attack, because humans were vulnerable as they changed status. The time between birth and baptism was particularly dangerous for infants because they were in constant danger of being swapped with huldrefolk babies. Parents often pinned a tiny slje on the baby's clothes until baptism provided more permanent protection. Girls might get their first full-sized slje to protec tthem at confirmation.At the precise moment a woman went from being single to married, she risked being taken to the mountain by huldrefolk. Brides wore the most and the finest jewelry, including several large broches, finger rings and bridal necklaces. Women throughout Norway wore special headdresses. Brides in central Norway wore headdresses decorated with beads and dangles. In western and northern Norway, brides wore metal crowns with hanging decorations shaped ike circles, crosses, leaves and birds. the few crowns that existed in a church parish were often available for rent from the owner, usually a minister or wealthy farmer.The Norwegian immigrants often took their bunader with them to their new homes but rarely used them. The did, however, continue to use their sljer.Norwegian women quickly adopted American clothing but proudly wore a slje at the neck to show their Norwegian heritage. Sljer are no longer used for protection; in fact, most wearers today are not even aware of that function which was so important in the past. Silver is still powerful as a symbol of ethnic ancestry. anderas

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Antique Ornate Sterling banded agate wax seal w/ 6 pointed star 3.25" long. Very good condition overall with only the slightest wear in a few spots to the beveled agate. Sterling base, extremely detailed, apparenty unmarked. trinketdrawer

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Antique Ottoman Empire Brass Cartridge box. 5 1/8" x 4.25" with no issues. TW147

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Antique Persian Copper Coffee Pot. This is a really early piece, hundreds of<br>years old I think. It was laquered on the exterior and put on display about 60<br>years ago and was an antique then. There's caked up limescale all in the<br>interior and a really nice patina that is more evident on the base and inside<br>the lid. There is a dent in the front of the base that causes it to sit a little<br>lopsided. I didn't realize until after I took the pics but a small piece of felt<br>or something on the front of the base would hold it straight. This is for sure<br>an old one. 15" tall x 2" handle to spout.<br>TW133

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Antique Persian Silver Box with Excellent engraving 7.25" x 1.5". Square box<br>with no damage, very old estate fresh tested silver (over 80%) and hallmarked<br>but I can't read the hallmark. No damage or issues, hinge works perfectly. 774<br>grams.<br>TW172

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Antique Persian Silver Snuff box Addolhosein. Amazing Workmanship, the box is so well made it forms a basically air/waterproof seal when it's shut. Shuts easily with an audible click stays shut, made by hand with extreme precision. 2 7/8" x 1 7/8" x .75" x 82.8 grams.

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Antique Pink Cut Velvet art glass vase 7" tall with no cracks, chips, or<br>restorations.<br>tw106

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Antique Pocket Gold Scales/test kits. Selling the 19th century gold testing kit<br>without the chemicals with the 18th/19th century extremely well made and<br>complete pocket gold/gem scales complete with weights all the way down to carat<br>fractions. I could find no identifying marks, but it's really well made and so<br>is the case, notice the screws on the case have offset slots in the heads, very<br>old set. Box for scales measures 4 3/8" x 2 3/8". These are both fresh from the<br>same estate, I would speculate that these were carried by a miner or some sort<br>of traveling gold trader.<br>isshelf

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Great early Inkwell with no cracks, chips, restorations. Some wear to Gilding. All hand decorated. 3.5" tall x 3.25" wide.

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Antique Porcelain Plaque Mounted Letter Box Secretaire c.1860. 9 3/8" wide x 6<br>3/8" tall x 4.75" deep. Incredible piece, plaque is entirely hand painted, the<br>mounting is hand chased. Small piece is brass trim on around lock missing. Minor<br>damage to verneer, only significant place shown on top corner.

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Antique Republic Period Chinese Famille Rose Scholars Desk Set. This set was<br>purchased 40 years ago as a 100+ year old antique then. It's been kept in a<br>glass display case in someone's home until now as that person has passed away.<br>Marked with 4 Character Qianlong mark. I believe it's from the first half of the<br>20th century.<br><br>The brush pot has a hairline, it's 5.5" tall x 1 7/8" wide at rim. The hairline<br>extends halfway down, that is the only piece that's damaged. The rouge box is<br>4.5" wide x 1.5" deep. Covered ink box is 2 7/8" wide x 1 3/8" deep. That should<br>give you an idea of the dimensions of the other pieces.

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Antique Rookwood Pottery Pamphlet. Buying the pamplet shown from the first quarter of the 20th century, 4" x 6", minor wear to edge of front cover, overall clean. kitshelf

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Antique Royal Doulton Indian Tree Meat Platter with Drain Well Hand Painted<br>Polychrome Transferware 19.25" x 15.5" c.1890's. No cracks, chips, restorations,<br>crazing, very clean.

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Antique Royal Doulton Stoneware miniatures. Selling the three pieces from the first quarter of the 20th century with no damage. Loving cup is unmarked but has been attributed to Doulton by reliable sources, it's 7/8" tall, mug and creamer are 1 9/16" tall. Selling all three pieces. kitshelf

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Antique Royal Vienna Style Hand Painted 2 handled cup. 100% hand decorated with<br>no cracks, chips, restorations, or significant wear. 3 1/8" tall x 2 7/8" wide<br>without handles 4.75" wide with handles.<br>TW254

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Antique Royal Vie3nna Style Hand Painted Cabinet Vase. 7" tall x 3.75" wide with<br>no cracks, chips, or restorations. Some loss to some of the white "jewels" that<br>decorate the vase and a few of the gold ones.

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Antique Royal Vienna Style Urn Hand Painted Artist Signed Portrait with heavy gold and enamel Decoration on cobalt ground. Measures 10 3/8" tall with no cracks, chips, or repairs. Minor gold loss and loss to enamel shown in pics, tiny paint loss spout on woman's head. Overall excellent condition, good and tight. Guaranteed circa late 19th century Austrian porcelain. tw135

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6.25" tall x 4.25" wide at widest point. Guaranteed antique circa late 18th to early 19th century Vienna porcelain. This was originally an extremely popular Meissen design in the early 18th century. Later copied by Chelsea c.1760, I've seen examples bring 20k. No major damage or restorations. There is damage to one of her bows and one petal missing off of the flower by the Man's foot. No other damage. Unusual figure.

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Antique Royal Vienna/KPM Style hand painted Cabinet Portrait vase of beauty. Guaranteed late 19th to early 20th century, 100% hand painted, artist signed Dietrich, likely the same one that did several KPM plaques. This piece being dark and shiny is extremely difficult to photograph and way better in person. 6 7/8" tall x 3.5" wide with no cracks, chips, or restorations. Beautiful complex scene painted on all sides. isshelf

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Antique Russian 84 silver belt. Amazing item with no issues. Solid silver, Approx 34.5" long, would make a cool necklace. 133.9 grams.

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Antique Russian Icon Hand painted on wood panel. 100% hand painted from the late 19th to early 20th century. 8.5" tall x 7" wide in good condition with minor wear on edge. This Icon and others I'll be listing are all antique Icons over 100 years old all from one collection purchased 25-30 years ago from top Auction houses that specialize in these. Most of the lots are too old for me to find the lot information and I just don't have time to try to figure out the artists etc. so I am just quickly grading them based on Size, quality of the painting, and condition.

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Antique Russian Icon Hand painted on wood panel. 100% hand painted from the late 19th to early 20th century. 12.25" tall x 10.25" wide in good condition with minor wear to edge shown. Some stable cracks in paint. This Icon and others I'll be listing are all antique Icons over 100 years old all from one collection purchased 25-30 years ago from top Auction houses that specialize in these. Most of the lots are too old for me to find the lot information and I just don't have time to try to figure out the artists etc. so I am just quickly grading them based on Size, quality of the painting, and condition.

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Antique Russian silver box. 5 1/8" wide x 1.5" tall x 237.9 grams. Hand engraved with incredible skill, over 100 years old, hallmarked as shown 87.5% silver. Lid fits very tight in a good way. Do dents or significant wear.

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Antique Russian silver mounted desk folio. 14" x 10" with thick solid 87.5% silver plate on top and solid silver feet, interior pages loose. Beautiful item, difficult to photograph.

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Antique Russian silver spoon. 4.25" long x 7/8" wide bowl x 13.1 grams. anderas

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Guaranteed antique hand carved santos doll most likely Mexican or Italian.<br>Measures 15.25" tall x 7" wide. Missing one arm, feet were chipped off long ago,<br>and some wood missing behind the intact arm.<br>tw84

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Guaranteed antique hand carved santos doll most likely Mexican or Italian.<br>Measures 13" tall x 5.5" wide. Looks as though three tops of the fingers are<br>missing as though it was holding something. Not sure what the deal is with the<br>eyes. One may be missing or maybe it's painted over. You can tell at one point<br>it was painted pink and the paint was painstakingly removed, not by me. The base<br>appears to have a few thin coats of paint on it.<br>Tw62

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Guaranteed antique hand carved santos doll most likely Mexican or Italian.<br>Measures 14" long x 6.25" wide. Looks as though it may have been jointed at one<br>point. The eyes were foggy but I cleaned them partially with my fingernail,<br>should clean more.<br>Tw62

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Antique Scottish Agate/Amethyst/sterling thistle pin. Very nice 19th century<br>example fresh from a local estate collection 2.5" wide x 2" tall 31.4 grams<br>unmarked but tested sterling. Amazing condition with no detectable issues. Lot<br>of amazing hand engraving.

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Antique Scottish Citrine/Agate/Sterling pendant brooch 2 1/8" 32 grams, amazing<br>piece but it is missing one of the stone sections. Unmarked tested sterling.

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Antique Scottish Citrine/Agate/Sterling pendant brooch 2 3/8" 32 grams, amazing<br>condition with no wear to stones, hand engraved piece from the 19th century<br>functional as a pendant or a brooch. Unmarked tested sterling.

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Antique Scottish Dirk Form Agate sterling silver Kilt pin/brooch 2 1/8" wide with no issues.

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Antique Scottish Shoe Buckle Joseph Gray Styles Chester Sterling Silver with<br>Citrines. 3 1/8" x 2.25" with no damage or wear to natural stones. 34.6 grams<br>hand engraved with Keltic designs.

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Antique Scottish Sterling Moss agate kilt pin/brooch 1.25" wide. No issues.

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Antique Sestrel Binnacle Ships Compass with side oil lamp for lumination.<br>Compass appears functional, when spun around the N keeps pointing north. No<br>significant issues. 10.5" wide x 10" tall with handle

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Antique Sevres Style French Porcelain Inkwells/tray/Match box. Selling the set<br>over 100 years old hand painted French porcelain with no cracks, chips, or<br>restorations. Original inserts for inkwells, the Match box has a striker and<br>appears permanently attached to the tray. Tray is 13.5" wide.<br>TW203

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Antique Shell cameo Pendants brooch signed A.C.C. on mount. NIce sized cameo with no damage or issues. Unsure of metal content but it looks like silver over copper. Measure 1 5/8" x 1 5/16"

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Guaranteed 19th century. No cracks, chips, or restorations. Most of the Gilding<br>on the outer rim is significantly worn, also some of the inner crisscross<br>Gilding on the cobalt areas. All hand decorated. 16" x 2.25" deep.

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Antique Silver enamel hand engraved pendant and other. One 19th century, hand engraved, great. The other appears to be carved stone, unsure of age. Neither with any markings, both sterling or high content silver. Tallest 1 5/8".

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Antique Silver Filigree miniature box. Likely 19th century, possibly Russian, maybe Chinese. Really nice, tested and guaranteed solid high content silver. No detectable markings. 2 1/8" tall with swivel handle extended x 2 1/8" wide. trinketdrawer

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Antique Silver Hindu Ganesha Bib Necklace. Nice old heavy piece 104.3 grams.<br>Marked 80 in 4 places, I'm assuming that means 80% silver. I tested it and it<br>tests over 80% but below sterling. Total length is about 14.5" so it would fit<br>most as a choker, it has an old cloth rope holding the bottom links together,<br>one bottom dangle is missing but another could easily be removed to even it out.

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Antique Sitzendorf Porcelain courting farm couple. Selling the two hand painted<br>German porcelain figures from the first quarter of the 20th century. Lady with<br>loss to one finger, no other cracks, chips, or restorations. 8.25" tall.<br>figshelf

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Unmarked, but guaranteed early 20th century Japanese or older. Tiny paint flake<br>on spout. No cracks, chips, or restorations. 3"" tall x 5" wide with handle.

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Unmarked, but guaranteed early 20th century Japanese or older. Tiny paint flake on spout. No cracks, chips, or restorations. 3 1/8" tall x 5" wide with handle.

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Antique Southeast Asian Carved Polychrom Bird Wall hanging. Guaranteed 19th to<br>first quarter of the 20th century with a no brainer patina. Great piece, likely<br>Burmese or Thailand. 14.75" tall x 8.25" wide. The colors are vivid but dulled<br>by dirt, a rub down of something similar to Howards Orange oil/beeswax would<br>really liven it up if so desired.<br>TW253

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Antique Southeast Asian Carved wood gold gilt figure. 8" tall x 5" wide with stand. The figure is likely early 20th century, the stand is fairly recent. Some loss to feet, one tooth, and the tips of hands. TW252

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Antique Spanish colonial / knife. Good early knife 17" total length, 11 x 2 1/8" blade. Solid knife with original tooled leather sheath that fits like a glove. Makers mark stamped on metal. Estate fresh piece from a large cowboy collection, never been to auction.  tw219

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Used with no breaks or bends. These are part of a large collection I'll be<br>listing. 5 3/8" long without leathers 1" Rowel.<br>Tw30

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Antique Staffordshire Bookends Man and Woman reclining on sofa bookend figures. 19th century with no cracks, chips, or restorations. 8.5" tall x 7.75" wide.. tw105

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Antique Staffordshire Cobbler and Wife bookend figures. 19th century with no cracks, chips, or restorations. 6.5" tall. tw105

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Antique Staffordshire Collie Dogs Oversized Pair 12" long x 11.25" tall<br>c.1860's. These are incredible and uncommon. The have no cracks or chips. Each<br>have had two legs professionally restored. It's very difficult to find as it's a<br>professional job. Two front in one, two rear on other. No other issues. It's<br>near impossible to find these undamaged, other dealers just aren't knowledgeable<br>or honest enough to call it.

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Antique Staffordshire Figure Highlander Couple with Clock c.1870 13.75" x 9"<br>wide. Slight firing flaw near base. No cracks, chips, or restorations. Clean<br>over glaze paint.

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Frame is 8.75" x 6", sight is 2" x 6" original frame. Stevengraph is in great<br>condition, original frame shows some wear.<br><br><br>The Fascinating World of Stevengraphs.<br><br>By Bill Poese.<br><br>THE FASCINATING silk pictures that we know today as Stevengraphs actually had<br>their origin in a depression in England's far flung textile industry, and<br>Richard Cobden, a 19th century English economist and statesman, may claim some<br>of the credit.<br><br>In 1860, the so-called Cobden Treaty, a free-trade treaty negotiated by Cobden<br>and removing England's protective tariff on silks, brocades and ribbons, among<br>other things, took effect. Its impact upon Coventry, where English ribbon<br>weaving had been concentrated for 150 years, was devastating. Forty five per<br>cent of Coventry's population earned their livelihood from ribbon weaving. Looms<br>were destroyed, and during a two-year period 9,000 persons emigrated to foreign<br>countries in search of employment.<br><br>But there was one man who was resourceful enough to overcome the blow<br>sufficiently to provide for his own family, the weavers in his employ, and, in a<br>small way, to bolster the economy of Coventry. This man was Thomas Stevens, born<br>in 1828 in the outlying district of Foleshill.<br><br>As a boy, Thomas Stevens had learned the ribbon weaver's trade at the firm of<br>Pears and Franklin in Upper Well Street, Coventry, and in 1854 he set up his own<br>business in Queen Street. He had learned all the aspects of his trade well and<br>the jacquard loom was of particular interest to him.<br><br>This loom was a French invention of about 1790 of Joseph Jacquard that had been<br>introduced into England in 1820, and its excellence was recognized quickly, so<br>that by 1838 as many as 2,200 jacquard looms were thumping in Coventry. The<br>principle of the jacquard loom is based upon the fact that mechanically-operated<br>devices controlled loops and pulleys to weave patterns in textiles.<br><br>Thomas Stevens improved, adapted, and refined the loom by a series of inventions<br>so that he could produce silk pieces that have exquisite detail with what seems<br>to be a three-dimensional effect. He produced pictures, musical notes, lettering<br>and portraits of amazing beauty. The first step in producing Stevengraph works<br>was an artist's drawing on squared paper. These designs were originals, copies<br>of portraits, copies of prints, and often of texts in the manner of illuminated<br>manuscripts. The Victorian love of covering the entire surface of the piece is<br>often in evidence in these pieces. The squared paper pictures look like designs<br>for cross-stitch embroidery work.<br><br>Large cards were made that carried out the artist's picture and a separate card<br>was made and per- forated for each color in every single woven line of the<br>picture. The cards were put into an endless chain arrangement and placed in the<br>Jacquard loom to regulate the operation of the warp threads. Every time the<br>shuttle carrying the weft was placed across the loom, a different card calling<br>for a variation in the warp threads and consequently in the pattern was brought<br>into use. Many pieces used ten to 12 colors. After the entire pattern was<br>completed, a space was provided and the pattern began to repeat itself. In this<br>way, the weaver produced spools of beautifully woven picture ribbons that were<br>later cut apart at the separating areas. Because of the work involved in placing<br>the cards in the loom, many picture ribbons were woven before a change was made<br>and a different set of cards was used. One 13-inch-long bookmarker that Stevens<br>produced required 5,500 perforated cards.<br><br>Thomas Stevens was not the only Coventry weaver who was able to survive the<br>depression by weaving pictorial ribbons nor was he the first to produce pictures<br>on the Jacquard loom. As early as 1801 in Lyons, black-and-white portraits had<br>amazed people. In 1855, James Hart wove silk pictures depicting Queen Victoria<br>and Napoleon 111, and in 1858 John Caldicott wove a ribbon with a portrait of<br>Edward Ellice, who was the Member of Parliament from Coventry. But the best<br>known of the jacquard picture weavers was Thomas Stevens. It is he who stands<br>out above the others and it is he who invented the term "Stevengraph."<br><br>By 1862, Stevens had produced nine bookmarkers of different designs. During 1862<br>he registered four new patterns: "Unchanging Love," "I wish you a Merry<br>Christmas," "Thanksgiving," and "Thy Bridal Day." During this same year he pro-<br>duced a few larger pieces that were desirable for framing, but he evidently<br>changed his mind about the pictures because he produced no more of them during<br>the next 16 years, confining himself, instead, to producing his popular<br>bookmarkers.<br><br>Just who made the first Stevengraph-type bookmarker is a matter of considerable<br>dispute and the contenders for the honor are John Caldicott, John Ratliff, and<br>perhaps Thomas Stevens. Among Stevens's contemporaries who did the same sort of<br>jacquard picture weaving were, in addition to those just named, the brothers<br>John and Joseph Cash, and Dalton and Barton.<br><br>In 1863, the royal marriage of the Prince and Princess of Wales, and in 1864,<br>the tercentenary of Shakespeare's birth gave the weavers ample subject matter to<br>satisfy the demands of a souvenir-hungry nation. Strangely enough, at this time<br>Stevens's competition dropped out of the race and left him a clear field for a<br>period of time to produce his bookmarkers and allied items.<br><br>By the late 1880s he had produced more than 900 items and among them are<br>sachets, birthday verses, Christmas and New Year greetings, calendars, fans,<br>valentines, ladies' neckties and sashes, emblematic sashes for fraternal orders,<br>pictures suitable for framing, and of course, the always popular bookmarkers,<br>many with tassel-tipped ends. They vary in size from 1 1/4 by 4 inches to 7 1/2<br>by 13 inches for the mounted pictures and his various items sold for as low as 5<br>cents, to as much as $14 for a sash. Stevengraphs were given as premiums to<br>people who subscribed to The Ladies Floral Cabinet in 1877.<br><br>Competition developed in the 1870s by Bolland and Welch and Lenton, who copied<br>his bookmarkers, and in the 1880s by W. H. Grant, who imitated his mounted<br>pictures.<br><br>Stevens became the father or seven children. In 1878 he moved to London to<br>supervise his expanding business. By this time he had sales agencies in New York<br>City, Cincinnati, Leipzig, Glasgow, Dublin, and Londonderry, in addition to<br>London. To stimulate sales at the expositions that were popular during the<br>period of his greatest activity he sent weavers with his version of the jacquard<br>loom to many of them. There, people could watch a piece being woven, buy it and<br>take it home as a souvenir of the fair. Among the places he or his sons did this<br>were the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition, 1876; York Exposition, 1879;<br>Edinburgh, 1886; Manchester, 1887; Cincinnati 1888; London, 1890; Chicago, 1893;<br>St. Louis, 1904; and Paris, Antwerp, Liverpool, Bristol, Boston, Brussels, and<br>Paris.<br><br>After winning more than 30 medals and diplomas, Thomas Stevens died on October<br>24, 1888, in London and was buried in the family plot in Coventry. Two of his<br>sons, Thomas and Inger, who, before his death managed the Coventry plant, con-<br>tinued the business.<br><br>Thomas Stevens had established pleasant working conditions in an industry that<br>was noted for poor conditions. His plant had adequate lighting, ventilation, a<br>pleasant dining area, and it was sanitary.<br><br>The heavy German ings of Coventry in 1940 leveled his buildings and his<br>business, but he lives on in the appreciation of hundreds of antique collectors<br>who specialize in Stevengraphs, including 175 active members of the Stevengraph<br>Collectors' Association with its headquarters at Irvington-on-Hudson, N.Y., and<br>members in England, Canada, Scotland, Austrialia, South Africa, and New Zealand<br>as well as the United States.<br><br>The highest price paid at auction for a Stevengraph was $1,560 in April, 1972,<br>in London. The article was a mint example of L' Immaculee Conception and is<br>extremely rare. Many examples of Stevens's work, however, are offered for modest<br>prices that are within the price range of many collectors. Individuals are<br>concerned with authenticating items in their collections as being made by<br>Stevens and also with dating them. Both of these matters present difficulties. A<br>pattern could be set up on the cards in 1865, and many times years later the<br>same cards could be used again to produce identical items. There was no limited<br>edition with the mold or etching plate being destroyed. Certain items can be<br>dated by the events they portray and the dates they bear as the one for the<br>Philadelphia Centennial Exposition of 1876. Some can be dated by the number of<br>awards that are noted on the paper backing on some pieces. Many, of course, are<br>signed in the weaving. A diamond-shaped registry mark like that on pottery dates<br>many since this device was used from 1842 to 1883.<br><br>Thomas Stevens was a businessman who produced a salable luxury or souvenir<br>product. If the subject matter was attractive and the sentiment appealed, people<br>would buy them for themselves or as a little gift for a friend. As a result, he<br>and his successors' designs reflect Victorian tastes that were, in many cases,<br>universal tastes at the time. Among the portraits are those of Queen Victoria,<br>Shakespeare, King Edward VII, John L. Sullivan, Robert Burns, "Buffalo Bill"<br>Cody, Prince Otto von Bismark, and President and Mrs. Cleveland.<br><br>Under the general heading of views we find many English castles such as<br>Balmoral, Kenilworth, Warwick, and Windsor. Other views include the Crystal<br>Palace, Houses of Parliament, Tower of London and the Tower Bridge, and the<br>Centennial Exposition of Ohio Valley and Central States, Cincinnati, 1888.<br>Historical pictures include Columbus Leaving Spain, Landing of Columbus,<br>Declaration of Independence, and the Death of Nelson. Classical and legendary<br>subject matter can be found in those weavings that depict Peeping Tom, Leda, The<br>Lady Godiva Procession, and Bath of Psyche. Certain items display the<br>sentimentality of Victorians as God Speed the Plough, Good Old Days, Called to<br>the Rescue, Grace Darling, and For Life or Death. Many battleships and trains<br>are pictured and so are many sporting events. Among the latter are depictions of<br>Spanish bull, horse racing, fox , cricket, bicycle racing, tennis, and baseball.<br><br>Thomas Stevens was a highly skilled master of a delicate craft that resulted in<br>articles that will be held in high esteem as long as their silken fibers hold<br>together.<br>Tw61

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Antique Steel Easter Bunny Chocolate mold. Heavy steel, cookie/chocolate/ice cream mold from the first quarter of the 20th century.. Approx 8" x 14" numbered 8042 via stamp in the steel on top, no other markings i could find. TW58

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Antique Sterling handle sock darner. Late 19th to early 20th century, tested<br>sterling handle with a few small dents, N monogram 6" long.

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Antique Sterling Judaica Yad Torah Pointer with Agate handle. Guaranteed solid<br>high content 90% or more silver, tested with no detectable markings. 16" long,<br>147.5 grams with no issues. 100+ years of built up silver polish likely hiding<br>hallmarks.<br>tw125

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Antique Sterling repousse Chatelaine Stamp box Heart shaped pendant. Snaps shut and stays shut tightly, high quality repousse. Later versions of this are marked 925, this is marked sterling. Circa early 20th century. 16.7 grams.

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Antique Sterling repousse Chatelaine Stamp box pendant. 1.3" x 1.1" without bail. No damage, closes completely and stays shut tightly when worn. Apparently unmarked, tested and guaranteed solid sterling. 11.3 grams.

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Antique Sterling Repousse Master salts and Pepper shaker in presentation box. A really great set as shown, no bends or dents. Some wear to box but exterior is clean, the catch doesn't keep the box shut. Pepper 3.75" tall, salts 3.5" wide, British sterling hallmarks, tests sterling. Box measures 10.5" x 5.5" x 3.25" tw203

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Antique Sterling salt spoon lot. Selling the lot shown, largest 3" long Kirk and son repousse master salt spoon. 20.9 grams total. anderas

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Antique Sterling silver Hand engraved Amethyst Jeruselum cross pendant necklace. Circa first quarter of the 20th century, pendant possibly older and unmarked. Mark shown in pics on necklace. Some minor wear to stones.

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Antique Sterling silver openwork belt buckle Victorian. Hallmarked as shown in the pictures. Tested and guaranteed solid sterling silver, measurements and weight in pictures.

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Antique Sterling silver over glass flask. High quality art glass with no damage, buying the flask shown with leather cover on top. Sterling bottom fits like a glove but is removable. 6.25" tall x 4" wide. silverdrawer

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Antique Sterling silver Tiffany Co Travel 15J Concord Watch Company Travel Clock. Frame sterling silver, clock not. Clock ticks and appears to keep good time.

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Antique Sterling Stamp case/chain with Valet Auto Strop Razor Utility knife/cigar cutter. Selling what's show, estate fresh exactly as found. The chain is marked coin, it's coin silver 90%, the stamp box is marked sterling. Knife is 2 3/8" long closed with a 7/16" opening for older style small cigars.

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Antique Stevens and Williams Red and white cameo glass vase. 7.25" tall with no cracks, chips, or restorations. Late 19th to very early 20th century.Cameo glass is a luxury form of glass art produced by cameo glass engraving or etching and carving through fused layers of differently colored glass to produce designs, usually with white opaque glass figures and motifs on a dark-colored background. The technique is first seen in ancient Roman art of about 30 BC, where it was an alternative to the more luxurious engraved gem vessels in cameo style that used naturally layered semi-precious gemstones such as onyx and agate. Glass allowed consistent and predictable colored layers, even for round objects.isshelf

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Antique Swatow Asian Stoneware Blue Decorated Fish Bowl. Very old, 19th century<br>or older. From a collection put together in the mid 20th century throughout<br>Southeast Asia. I'm not sure if it's Chinese or Southeast Asian. 9.75" wide x<br>3.5" deep. Crazing and a few chips on outside rim largest shown in last pic, no<br>other chips, cracks or restorations.<br>B62

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Antique Swatow Asian Stoneware Blue Decorated Fish Bowl. Very old, 19th century<br>or older. From a collection put together in the mid 20th century throughout<br>Southeast Asia. I'm not sure if it's Chinese or Southeast Asian. 8 1/8" wide x<br>3.25" deep. Crazing, no cracks, chips, or restorations, some mineral deposits on<br>exterior that would likely clean with some effort.<br>B62

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Antique Texas Branding Iron Candlesticks (5) 19th century. Great 19th century branding irons, some rust as shown. Tallest is 21", shortest 13", three of them make great candlestick, the ones with open handles. Selling the five shown.Guaranteed all are antique branding irons over 100 years old. They've been part of a collection of western items for 40 years.

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Antique Texas Honey Boy Ice Cream Bottle opener/spatula. Great piece from the<br>first quarter of the 20th century 11.75" long with no issues.<br>isshelf

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Antique Thai Bronze Miniature Musicians. Great little trio, solid bronze, very<br>heavy for their small size of tallest being 2 3/8". The center does have a very<br>old repair to the head/neck that I didn't see until almost through<br>photographing. No other issues. They all have a similar marking on their backs.<br>TW218

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Antique Tibetan Chenrezig Buddha Coral/glass inlaid metal shrine. 11.75" tall x 6.5" wide in the condition shown with a few cracked beads. I believe some of the beads are coral, most are glass, I believe this to be over 100 years old but I'm not really sure how old.

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Antique Tibetan Coral/turquoise/glass foo lion/rabbit. Selling both in good condition, just a few missing turquoise beads which actually might be glass, lion is missing one tooth. Lions head moves. Lion is 5.5" tall x 5" long. Selling both.tw154

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Antique Tibetan Mixed Metals Snuff box. 19th century box with Silver(tested), copper, and brass. Nice natural patina and great workmanship. 4.25" tall x 3.5" wide. asianshelf

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Antique Tiffanyl Sterling Armorial silver wine Goblet(s) (Multiple available). At the time of listing there are 4 of these available, they've been stored for about 100 years without polishing. They are all basically like new with no dents, bends, or scratches I just don't have time to polish them all right now. I will hand polish the selected amount before shipping unless requested not to. Buying one goblet 4.75" tall x 3" wide at the rim x 135 grams in perfect condition, if you change the qty you will get more up to six. They all have the same hand engraved crest shown but no other monograms, no issues. anderascoll

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Antique Tiffany sterling Rams head master salt with B monogram. Selling one with two available by changing qty, both in same condition with no damage or significant wear. 3" wide x 1.75" tall x 72 grams. No dents, bends, or other issues. Selling one with two available by changing qty.Charles Tiffany was born February 15, 1812 in Killingly, Connecticut. About 25 years later, in 1837, Charles Tiffany and John Young, and later in 1841, they added J.L.. Ellis as a partner, began Tiffany, Young and Ellis in Lower Manhattan. That company at the time was founded at first to sell fancy goods and stationery. Tiffany bought his parents shares of the company in 1853 and changed the focus of the company to sell upscale jewelry and merchandise. Once Tiffany bought his parent’s shares, the company was renamed to Tiffany & Co. In 1867, Tiffany & Co. was the first United States based company to win an award for excellence in silverware at the Exposition Universelle in Paris. In 1868, the company became incorporated, had four stores and was on the right path to continue to grow to the company that it is today.A Humble Start When Young and Tiffany began their business, they originally started off with offering items such as stationery and merchandise before moving on to offering jewelry and silverware. The business continued to grow and manufacture jewelry, and later opened a location in Paris. His stores adopted the standards of European jewelry and therefore, sterling became established in the United States and the American jewelry market.Tiffany was determined to obtain one-of-a-kind jewelry. It was that desire which helped fuel how much his products were sought out, specifically among the upper classes of New York. The jewelry created by the company became partially well known because of the wealthy people who desired its products. In the 1830’s, Tiffany made it’s mark in the jewelry world at the time because they clearly marked the prices on their goods. This eliminated the chance that customers would haggle and try to negotiate the prices of the goods that they were purchasing at the time. Additionally, Tiffany’s was unique at the time because they only accepted cash payments and didn’t allow their goods to be purchased on credit.With the Civil War threatening jewelry purchasing at the time, Tiffany adjusted the focus of his company and ended up manufacturing swords, medals, light armor and many other items that were needed for war. In 1877, Tiffany & Co. had become such an established name that it easily influenced the industry and was able to make outlandish purchases. This when the now called “Tiffany diamond” (a yellow South African diamond) was purchased for $18,000 at 287 carats. The diamond was cut down to 128.54 carats over nearly a year and was eventually put on display in the Smithsonian. Today, Tiffany & Co. is an American worldwide luxury jeweler and specialty retailer, headquartered in New York City.Understanding the Markings While Tiffany & Co. is famous for the “Tiffany diamond” they are even more famous for their use of sterling silver. When looking at actually sterling silver that is made by Tiffany’s there are several markings that can help you figure out the origin and if a piece is indeed made by Tiffany’s or fake. At the start, there were several silversmiths who supplied silver flatware and holloware to Tiffany’s. Each of those silversmiths marked the pieces with their own marks in addition to marking them with Tiffany’s marks. Some of the makes of Tiffany’s sterling silver include William Gale, Gale & Hughes, Wood & Hughes, John Polhemus, Henry Hebbard, William Bogert, Grosjean & Woodward, Moore & Hebbard and John C. Moore.In 1868, Moore silversmithing firm was absorbed into Tiffany & Co. and Tiffany’s then began the production of its own silver. It was at that time that the silver was to be marked with the initial of the Artistic Director or the initial of the President of the firm but that was continued until the mid-1960’s. Each design on the silver that Tiffany’s creates represents the long and proud heritage that comes with the company’s history.

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Antique Tin Chocolate molds 2 Turtle Doves and Rabbit. Selling both from the first quarter of the 20th century. Largest 11" x 5" x 4.5". tw22

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