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Rare Avery sewing needle case - THE BIRD on a BOX.
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Pre 1900 item# 831890 (stock# LFTR 341)
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Lost and Found
tel. 410-960-6446
$1650.00
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According to VICTORIAN BRASS NEEDLECASES by Estelle Horowitz and Ruth Mann, The Bird on a Box needle case was patented(and that is marked on the case both with the registry mark and written out) on February 24, 1873 by W.Avery & Son Manufacturers, although the box is not marked with their name. The bird needle case is all original, including the matching aqua blue glass eyes. The dimensions are 7.5 x 3.5 x 5.5. The condition is excellent.
This is the first one I've seen complete and intact.
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Rare sewing item is the Avery case named Temple Bar.
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Pre 1900 item# 831852 (stock# LFTR340)
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tel. 410-960-6446
$1525.00
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The Temple Bar Avery needle case is a rare and delightful brass miniature. The design was registered by W. Avery March 21, 1878(see VICTORIAN BRASS NEEDLECASES by Estelle Horowitz and Ruth Mann).This is the rarer version that comes with the legend"Erected 1670" on one side and "Removed 1878" on the other. The dates refer to the actual Temple Bar designed by Sir Christopher Wren to act as a gateway to The City,the legal and financial section of London. It was erected at the junction of Strand and Fleet Streets in 1670 and removed when Fleet Street was widened in 1878. The dimensions are 7x3.8x6.1 and the condition is excellent.
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French toy pots and pans are still tied in the box.
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Pre 1920 item# 644331 (stock# LFTR 271)
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tel. 410-960-6446
$265.00
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This "Made in France" 16 piece set would elegantly outfit the kitchen cupboard of the most particular little cook. The set is called "Le Reve de Jeannette"(Jeanette's Dream).It is in its original box and all 16 items are still in their original tied in positions. The pots and pans appear to be made of cast aluminium, the molds and utensils of tin and wood. There are 2 rectangular bain marie - large and small, 2 oval roasting(?) pans - large and small, 2 oval casserole (lidded pots with the name of the toy impressed in the lids), 1 round uncovered handled pan, 3 food molds, 1 whisk, 1 ladle, 1 skimmer and 1 wooden spoon. The largest piece( covered casserole) is 5 1/4" long an 1 3/4" high, all the other pieces are proportionately smaller . The back of the bottom of the box has a sweet scene of children playing at cooking and serving in an orchard.
I would date this as pre WWII. Condition is excellent.
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