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Tin Cash Box with Key CB10
Tin Cash Box with Key CB10
Original, quality late 19th century steel cash box in the original bright paintwork with a lift-out inner cash tray with three compartments and a lock with the key. The hinged lid has a curved back and front and the original carrying handle to the top. The interior has a brass lock to the front impressed "English Made Lever Lock", "Secure 2 Lever" and "N.S & Co". The brass has been polished and lacquered, although the lacquer may be removed at no extra cost, all has been fully overhauled and is complete and in good and working order.

12" x 7" x 5" tall.

 
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Price: £78.00




Tin Cash Box with Key CB8
Tin Cash Box with Key CB8
Original, quality late 19th century tin cash box with the original key and lift out inner tray for coins etc. This super example has a brass lifting handle and the original wood grained paintwork with faux brass straps around. Complete and in good and working order.

10" x 6" x 3.75".

 
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Price: £95.00




Tin Cash Box CB5
Tin Cash Box CB5
Original, quality, late 19th century, small tin cash box in the form of a miniature tin travelling trunk. The original scrumbled bright orange / tan coloured paintwork has been retained to the outside, although a faded on the top. The interior is in Japanned black and originally had a lift out tray fitted. The brass mortice lock is stamped "Patent Lever" inside and out and "London", a replacement key has been cut to suit. The cast brass carry handle to the top is rather decorative, but also does the job well. A most unusual cash box, complete and in good and working order, with just the lift out tray missing. The brass has been polished and lacquered.

9" x 6".

3.75" tall with handle down.

 
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Price: £78.00




Toleware Candle Box CB2
Toleware Candle Box CB2
Original, quality mid to late 19th century cylindrical wall mounted tin candle storage tube with a hinged flap lid and hasp, two wall mounting plates and the original decorated finish. One small hole to the lid, otherwise complete and in super condition.

14.5" long.

Body 4.25" diam.

6" tall including mounting plates.

 
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Price: £135.00




Steel Dustpan and Brush DP2
Steel Dustpan and Brush DP2
Original, quality 1920's pressed steel dustpan with much of the original black japanned paint finish and the tubular handle is designed to take a wooden handle if required. The brush, can you believe, has all its bristles intact and has them mounted up and over at the end and the turned wooden shaft and back are again with most of the Japanned finish. All is complete and in good and working order.

Dustpan 12.5" wide x 13.5" tall plus 4.5".

Brush 12" x 5" x 3.5".

 
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Price: £85.00




Toleware Decorated Fire Screen F273
Toleware Decorated Fire Screen F273
Original, quality mid 19th century very unusual Toleware firescreen. This super example has much of the original gilt decoration on the black japanned finish and even more special is the curved glass panel to the centre with its back decoration of gilt detail and abalone shell fragments. The front has a ribbed brass knob in the original unpolished finish. The reverse has most of its original black japanned finish and its wrought iron mounting bracket but sadly the makers' plaque is missing but the evidence of where it was is very obvious. This was most probably manufactured by Pontipool. Complete and in good and working order.

23" tall x 22" widest.

7" front to back at base.

 
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Price: £300.00




Oval Steel Hat Tin HT23
Oval Steel Hat Tin HT23
Original, quality oval shaped hat tin circa 1900 in the original scrumbled paintwork with a loop handle to the hinged lid and a hasp fitting to the front to take a padlock. The interior has retained its orange paintwork and most of the original paper label detailing "Manufactured expressly for Ralgen Iron mongers of Newport". Some pitting to the top outer paint otherwise complete and in good and working order.

10.5" tall x 14" x 11".

 
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Price: £65.00




Military Hat Tin HT20
Military Hat Tin HT20
Original, quality, late 19th century, circular shaped military hat tin in the original bronzed and patterned paintwork andwith a wire carry handle to the hinged lid. The interior has most of its original bronzed finish. The front of the tin has a hasp fitting to take a padlock and the lid has a shield shaped brass nameplate for the supplier "Hawkes and Co Ltd 1 Savile Row London W". The lid has an owner's detail painted in white letters detailing "L.F Close K.S.L.I". Generally complete and in good shape, but with a few dents and rubbing to the paintwork.

11.75" diameter x 7" tall.

 
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Price: £56.00




Painted Tin Loo Roll Holder LR45
Painted Tin Loo Roll Holder LR45
Original, quality 1920's / 1930's simple wall mounted loo roll holder with an 'Art Deco' pressed tin backplate in the original old cream paint, front and back and a simple wooden bar mounted on a swing wire rod. Will fit a standard, modern toilet paper roll. Very simple, very clean and complete and in good and working order.

Backplate 7.75" x 6.5".

Wooden roll 5" long.

 
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Price: £68.00




Grocers Tea Cannister TC38
Grocers Tea Cannister TC38
Original, quality 19th century Grocers, Toleware, Tea Canister with the original paintwork and decoration and No "11" to the front for the Blend. Some minor damage to the paintwork and most of all missing the circular tin lid, otherwise all is complete and in good order.

14" tall x 9" diam.

Inner aperture 4.75" diam.

 
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Price: £125.00




Original Paintwork Tin Despatch Box TT6
Original Paintwork Tin Despatch Box TT6
Original, quality mid to late 19th century tin despatch case with the original scumbled brown paintwork a wire handle to the top and a replacement key altered to fit. Complete and in good and working order.

12.25" x 8" x 2".

 
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Price: £89.00




Miniature Tin Trunk TT3
Miniature Tin Trunk TT3
Original, quality late 19th century miniature tin trunk in the original scrumbled and faux grained paintwork. This super example, the first we have seen, has all original paint inside and out with a pale blue interior, a pair of a ring handles for lifting and an unusual domed shape to the top. Some minor blemishes to the paint inside, otherwise complete and in good order.

7.5" x 5.5" x 5.5" tall.

 
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Price: £115.00


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