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	Kohler Signal Horn HH3 Original, quality, late 19th Century, solid nickel, two tone hunting horn with a finger valve, a cord ring and a flattened flare. Impressed to one side 'The Kohler Signal Horn' and to the other 'Kohler & Son Maker, 185 Piccadilly (from Covent Garden), London'. An unusual horn; complete and in good and working order. 6.25" x 4" x 1.5". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £265.00


Macfarlane Lang Biscuits Booklet A40 Original, early 1930's printed brochure with forty-two pages of pictures and five pages of text, detailing the history of Macfarlane Lang and Co Ltd and mainly the move to the new factory and offices, built at Osterley Park, Middlesex. Great views of the factory in production and staff facilities and offices, etc. A super history document in super condition and complete. 10.25" x 7". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £75.00


	Pair of Unused Leather Child's Shoes B2 A pair of original, quality, unused, all leather, children's size 6 lace up shoes in deep brown. Probably 1940's/50's with the box part of the original carton, with the end label. The leather soles are impressed 'Huco Shoes, Made in Australia, All Leather'. A delightful pair of shoes in mint condition. Carton 8" x 5" x 3" and shoes 7.5" x 3" x 2.75". Price is for the pair. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £85.00


Mini Brass Fender F112 Original, quality, late 19th Century, miniature sheet brass fender fashioned in the style of those used in front of the kitchen range. Complete and in good order. 7.5" widest x 1.25" high and 2.25" front to back. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £56.00


	Mini Brass Fender F111 Original, quality, late 19th Century, miniature sheet brass fender fashioned in the style of those used in front of the kitchen range. Complete and in good order. 6.25" widest x 1.25" high and 2.25" front to back. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £45.00


Mini Brass Fender F110 Original, quality, late 19th Century, miniature sheet brass fender fashioned in the style of those used in front of the kitchen range. Complete and in good order. 9.5" widest x 1.25" high and 5.25" front to back. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £75.00


	Mini Brass Fender F109 Original, quality, late 19th Century, miniature sheet brass fender fashioned in the style of those used in front of the kitchen range. Complete and in good order. 10" widest x 1.25" high and 3.25" front to back. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £56.00


Tartan Ware Powder Tub MW6 Original, quality 1920's circular sycamore tub with a push on lid, covered in paper 'Scottish Clan Tartan'. Complete with the original swans down powder puff to the inside. The tartan is detailed 'Prince Charlie' and all is complete and in good order. 3" diameter and 2.5" high. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £56.00


	Mauchlin Ware Box MW5 Original, quality, small rectangular shaped sycamore box circa 1900 with a hinged lid with a front clasp and a Mauchlin ware transfer decoration to the cushioned top depicting and entitled "Carpet Garden Eastbourne". Complete and in good and working order. 3.5" x 1.5" x 1.5" tall. Click on photo for a larger and other views Price: £65.00


Mauchlinware Crochet Needle Case MW4 Original quality, turned limewood, two piece tube, circa 1900, to hold long steel crochet / knitting needles (with five needles included) decorated with a transfer picture of a scene of houses titled 'Grange'. This tube has a clever slot to the longest section to ease the insertion of the steel needles. All is complete and in good order. 9.75" x 0.75". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £65.00


	Mauchline Ware Box MW2 Original quality, 1920's, small rectangular box in sycamore with a cushioned top lift off lid. The mauchline transfer to the lid is detailed "Ryde Pier, Isle of Wight". All is complete and in good order. 3.5" x 2.25" x 1.5". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £65.00


Invalid Feeding Cup M79 Original quality white ceramic feeding cup, circa 1900, with floral decorations and bird on branch with gilt lining to all edges. Complete and in good order. 3.5" tall including spout, 5.5" front to back including spout. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £38.00


	Ear Trumpet M64* Original, quality, 1920/30's, bakelite hearing aid / speaking tube / ear trumpet with a silk covered flexible tube. An amazing item in super condition. The earpiece is a replacement turned in ebony and copied from an original. All is complete and in good and working order. Trumpet end 2.5" diameter and total 39" long. Click on photo for a larger view. Price: £250.00


Ear Trumpet M61* Original quality, 1920's/30's, bakelite hearing aid/speaking tube/ear trumpet with a silk covered flexible tube. The connector is impressed "Eschmann England", "OL38001" and bears the arrow stamp for the War Department. An unusual item in amazing condition. Complete and in good and working order. Trumpet end 2.25" diameter x 44" long. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £250.00


	Embassy Gramaphone Needle Tin GN4* Original, quality tin of Embassy gramaphone needles, with some unused needles. The tin is decorated to the lid and is complete and in good order. 1.75" x 1.25" x 0.5". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £20.00


Songster Gramaphone Needle Tin GN3* Original, quality tin of 200 Songster soft tone gramaphone needles, in the original unopened needle tin, circa 1900. This example, decorated to the lid, has the gummed paper strap to prove unopened, and is in super condition. 1.75" x 1.25" x 0.5". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £30.00


	Academy Record Wipe GN2 Original quality, 1920's, gramaphone record wipe with a container for used needles within the grip. The body is covered in brown velvet and the grip and hinged lid is in the original bronze finish. The lid has a dimpled effect and details 'Academy Gramaphones, Give Tone to the Home' and has a very strong spring. Complete and in good and working order. 2.7" x 1.5" Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £50.00


Horn Snuff Box SB5 Original, quality, late 19th Century, pocket snuff box in cowhorn, with a hinged lid. All is complete and in good order. 2.5" x 1.5" and 0.5" front to back. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £45.00


	Copper Snuff Box SB4 Original, quality, early 19th Century, copper snuff box with a 3/4 hinged lid, a serpentine shaped front, beading to the top and bottom rims and an inset Georgian coin to the top of the lid. This was originally Sheffield plated, but only the plate to the inside remains. A few stain marks to the interior, otherwise all is complete and in good order. 3" x 1" and 2.25" front to back Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £115.00


Beech Record Wipe RW1 Original quality, 1920's, record wipe in beech with very worn red velvet cloth, although the finish on the woodwork is superb. Used to dust off 78 records when on the turntable. 2.5" x 1.5". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £20.00


	Brass Trumpet MI.1 Original, quality, post-war brass trumpet, engraved to the body 'John Grey & Sons', presumably the retailer, 'Kansas', '42857' and stamped to the trumpet, near the mouthpiece: 'Made in Czechoslovakia'. A super instrument, plays well, polished and lacquered, and appears complete and in good and working order. 21.5" x 5.5" x 4.5". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £150.00


The Protector Miner's Lamp ML2* Original quality steel and brass miner's safety lamp, circa 1900/1920's. The circular brass plaque to the front details 'Type SL Approved Under Schedule B' and 'Protector Lamp & Lighting Co Ltd, The Makers, Eccles, Manchester'. The hand stamped number is 'No.72'. The locking rod has been removed, otherwise all is complete and in good order. 9.5" tall with handle down, 3.5" base diameter. Click on photo for a larger view. Price: £130.00


	1929 Pontiac Mascot CM16 Original, quality car mascot in the form of an American Indian's head with feathers and pigtails mounted on a radiator cap. This chromed, die cast mascot was supplied fitted to the 1929 Pontiac motor car manufactured in the US. The face of the Indian is copper plated to resemble bronze and the underside of the cap is embossed 'Made By Ternsteot MFC Co Detroit USA' and 'patent applied for'. Apart from some pitting to the chrome, all is in superb order and complete. 4" diameter base, 5" widest and 2.75" high. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £300.00


Meccano Mini Copper Oil Can OC24 Original, quality, 1920's, superb miniature 'kayes patent' copper oil can with a screw off top brass cap, a pressure button, a rear looped grip and the long spout. This example is impressed with a 'K' to one side for the manufacturer and 'Meccano' to the underside. A wonderful object, these were included in the boxes of the larger kits of meccano free of charge. All is complete and in good and working order. 4" x 0.75" and 1" high. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £285.00


	Beatrice Brass Novelty Needle Case S13 Original quality, late 19th century, pressed brass novelty needle holder in the original red Moroccan leather covered case with purple silk and velvet lining. The six panels are engraved on both sides with a bunch of flowers and the two end panels are embossed with a similar design. The top and bottom locking plates are engraved on the top "Beatrice" and the bottom "Patent". This delightful needle case all folds up into a compact match box sized item. Outer case 2.75" x 2" x 0.75", needle case 1.75" x 1" x 0.5" and 7" long when open. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £350.00


Glove Stretchers GS1 Pair of original quality wooden glove stretchers, circa 1900/1910, with a brass hinge and spring. Stamped to the face 'Lewis's are Good for Gloves' and to the inside of the grips 'Made in Austria'. Glove stretchers were used by ladies to stretch the fingers of chamois leather gloves, which shrank tremendously after they were washed. Complete and in good and working order. 8.5" x 1.75" x 0.75". Click on photo for a larger view. Price: £40.00


	Cloth Sampling Shears S9 Original, quality, 19th century, small blacksmith made, wrought iron shears for cutting cloth samples. A super pair, a perfect scaled down example of sheep shears etc pictured alongside a current £1 coin. 5" x 2". Click on photo for a larger view. Price: £36.00


Folding Boxwood Foot Measure M36* Original quality, 1920's, boxwood measure for measuring feet in shoe shops. Calibrated to one side in inches and shoe sizes to the other and marked for the maker 'Ullathorne & Co'. The hinges etc are all in brass and all is complete and in good and working order. Closed 9" x 1" x 1" and opened out 15" x 1" x 1". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £56.00


	The Avecta Trouser Press T4* Pair of original quality wooden, folding, patent trouser pressers and straighteners, circa 1900, with shaped, plated on steel, decorative hinges. Impressed marks to both 'The Avecta Trouser Presser & Straightener. Patent Applied For'. The two pieces are linked together with a strong cord and the wood could well be lime? Complete and in good order. Each, folded: 15" x 2.5" x 0.75". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £45.00


Trustees Savings Bank Money Box MB10* Original quality, post war, thick vulcanite type plastic, ovoid shaped money box with a lockable base unit, a coin slot to the top and a hole to one end for rolled up banknotes. These were issued by the banks etc and the keys were held by the bank. An unusual example in this material. Complete and in good order, but missing the key. 4" x 2" x 2.5" high. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £36.00


	Co-op Bread Tokens, several available T1* Original, quality, 1920's, oval shaped token coins detailed on both sides 'Northampton Co-operative Society Ltd', 'Bread' and 'Ardill Leeds' in tiny print for the maker. All are complete and in good order. 1.25" x 7/8". Price is for each. Click on photo for a larger view. Price: £16.00


Pair of Wesleyan Sunday School Plates P15* Pair of original quality, late 19th century plates. One dinner size and one tea, both with a transfer to the top of the rim in orange for 'Wesleyan Sunday School, Crow Edge' within a ribbon banner. Both plates also have a gilt line close to the outer edge and a transfer maker's mark to the reverse for 'The Ceramic Art Co Ltd'. The tea plate is a little stained but otherwise they are both complete and in good order. Larger plate 9.75" x 1" and small plate 7" x 0.75". Price is for the pair. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £30.00


	'Brighton' Large Cup and Saucer C2 Original quality, late Victorian, ceramic seaside souvenir from Brighton, in the form of a huge cup and saucer. The saucer has three coloured pictures of 1) The Royal Pavilion, 2) King's Road, 3) The Aquarium. The cup has two coloured pictures of 1) The Marine Palace Pier, 2) The West Pier, and has gilt script to the front 'I am not greedy but I like a lot'. Both the cup and saucer are marked to the underside with an upper case 'S' beneath a three-pointed crown. There are gilt lines to the edges and elsewhere and this is a bright clean example in mint condition. The best we have seen. Saucer 8.5" diameter x 1.25", cup 4" tall x 4.5" diameter. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £65.00


Trade Sample Hand Basin HB1* Original quality, late 19th century, off white 'manufacturers sample' of a bathroom hand wash basin with scalloped soap dishes and a shaped gallery. An exact scaled down version with all the apertures for the waste and taps etc. Covered in a tiny craze consistent with its age and perfect in condition and every detail. Complete and in good order. 9" x 6.5", 4" tall including gallery. Click on photo for larger and extra views Price: £270.00


	Stomach Warmer SW1 Original quality, 19th century, tinsmith made stomach warmer to be filled with hot water. A super thin shaped warmer with a brass ring handle, a brass screw on stopper and a brass maker's plate detailing 'William Schofield, Iron & Tin Plate Worker & Ventilator Manufacturer, 4 Station Street & 30 Lees Road Oldham'. Cleaned and lacquered and complete and in superb condition. The best example of the few tin stomach warmers we have ever seen. 9.5" x 8.25" x 2.5". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £175.00


Walnut Ore Container CC48* Original, quality container turned in walnut with an end cap and a rectangular plinth. This container originally contained uranium bearing ore and is mounted with a silver or silver plated plaque engraved 'Uranium Bearing Ore from West Rand Consolidated Mines Limited, on 8th October 1952 This Gold Mine Became South Africa's First Producer of Uranium'. The ore sample has long gone but otherwise all is complete and in good order. 3.5" long x 2.5" x 2.75" high. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £65.00


	The Story of Hungerford, Several Available B2 Original quality hard bound copy of 'The Story of Hungerford in Berkshire' by W.H.Summers and edited by Harold Peake M.A., F.S.A.. Published in 1926. 167 pages of text, complete and in good order. One of the two published authorities on Hungerford. 7.75" x 5.5" x 0.75". Price is for each. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £58.00


1923 Sealed Tin of Paint P1 Original quality, unopened/sealed, tin of paint, labelled 'Pinchin Johnson & Co Ltd', with a patented pull tab to open the lid showing the date 1923. One or two minor dents, otherwise in superb condition. 4.75" tall x 5" diameter. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £30.00


	R. Timmins Curling Tongs SB6 Original, quality, 18th or early 19th century, blacksmith wrought, hair curling tongs. Stamped for the maker R. Timmins & Sons. Complete and in good order. 11". Click on photo for larger view Price: £56.00


Boxwood Thermometer T3* Original, quality glass thermometer in a boxwood mount with brass fittings, circa 1900, and impressed with the makers name 'L.Sterne & Co Ltd Glasgow'. Very simple but it does the job. Complete and in good and working order. 8.5" x 1.5" x 0.5". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £40.00


	Miniature Oak Cradle T2 Original, quality mid 19th century, miniature oak cradle superbly made and in the original varnish finish. All the joints are pinned and the rockers are fixed with four steel screws of the early hand cut type, with off centre slots. Is this a child's toy or is it a bottle (port or wine) cradle? In good order. 16.25" x 10" including rockers and 10" high. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £165.00


Boxwood Gavel G2 Original, quality, 1920's, Auctioneer's or Chairman's gavel, turned in boxwood with a beech handle. A good example, complete and in good and working order. 6.5" x 2.25" x 1.5". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £85.00

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