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A large collection of dress buckles, from c 1900 to 1940, with a great many designed as bows, four in diamanté, two in diamanté and either blue g...

Antique scissors: a pretty pair of silver embossed metal needlework scissors with cherubs sitting just above the finger holes, seen from the back ...

Antique scissors: an attractively shaped pair of Continental gold needlework scissors with steel blades and gold handles, with a matching sheath t...

Antique Scissors: Seven pairs of miniature scissors, two shaped as storks, presumably for dolls, different sizes and metals, ranging from approx. ...

Antique Scissors: A Commemorative pair of scissors, marked “Hyane Solingen” on the lower blade, and decorated with scrolling and the word “Adenker...

Antique Scissors: a pair of adjustable buttonhole scissors marked W. Bohm Solingen, lightly gilded on the shank, this being incised lightly and al...

Antique Scissors: a small pair of white embossed metal chatelaine scissors, approx. 3 inches or 7.5cm plus chain; a pair of chatelaine scissors de...

Antique Scissors: A large and ornate pair of scissors and accompanying sheath, the scissors shaped on the shank and embossed to the side of the ri...

Antique Scissors: Two pairs of interesting scissors, the first quite fine with detailed design to the shank and marked “?????” L peter??, approx. ...

Antique Scissors: Three early pairs, in increasing sizes, the first two quite simple, the third with a strait shank, with articulated exterior par...

Antique Scissors: two unusual pairs, one in steel the shank with bunches of grapes and leaves in gold metal, no marks noted, approx. 3.5 inches or...

A turquoise blue guilloche enamel case which unscrews to reveal miniature one-handled scissors, inside a holder for 3 spools of thread, the top th...

Antique Scissors: two pairs of steel scissors with animal/insect form, the first having a cockerel at the shank, incised to show a beak and eyes, ...

Antique Scissors: the huntsman and his dog, a pair of novelty steel scissors, the shank forming a male figure with his shotgun under his arm and h...

A large and ornate Victorian white metal sewing bird clamp, a blue velvet pin cushion fixed into a moulded cup at the top, a serpent featuring bel...

A small Victorian white metal sewing clamp, a red velvet pincushion within a cup to the top, and a clip midway, approx. 6.25 inches or 16cm: a bi...

A white Mother of pearl sewing étui, in knife box form, with chamfered corners, the hinged lid with void silver metal panel on the exterior liftin...

Four various antique tatting shuttles, the first a small example in good mottled tortoiseshell, approx. 6.5cm; the second in engraved white metal,...

Sewing étuis and a pincushion: A white metal sewing set in a fitted oval wooden case, the exterior lid inlaid with brass, the interior lid lined ...

A French yellow metal sewing set in a simple black leather fitted case, French marks, the exterior lid with a gold line to the edge, the interior ...

Art Nouveau sewing tools: To include a boxed white and part gold metal stiletto with scrolling in relief, the presentation box in blue leather lin...

Pincushions: a red velvet pincushion supported by a cast metal cat seated on a cushion, marked underneath with a “C” and “Made in England”, the it...

Four yellow metal 19th c needle cases, including one French 18ct gold early 19th century, all with various degrees of embossing, from very fine on...

Four ornate antique needle cases, in white metal, one marked 925, being the one fitted with a chain to attach the short lid to the body of the cas...

Four embossed white metal needle cases, one of Art Nouveau design with iris and a dragonfly, indistinctly marked inside, with side chain to secure...

A very elegant and compact French 18ct gold sewing set in polished satin birch/fitted box, most likely 19th century, containing 6 items for use by...

An ornate sewing set in white metal, in fitted orange leather case, with gold detail and the word “Souvenir” on the lid, lined with dark blue velv...

A fine 19th century white metal sewing set which has passed through several generations of the same family, contained in a fitted presentation box...

Embroidered European ladies’ caps and bonnets or traditional head coverings, and costume decoration: To include a triangular forehead cover, very ...

Eight knitted or crochet baby bonnets or caps, 19th and 20th century, of different sizes and designs, and a single knitted sock, the bonnets inclu...

A very early whitework bonnet or cap, stiffened, and with pleated detail to the rear, formed in three sections, all edges bound, with the addition...

A very early bonnet or cap worked in beige, in three sections, all edges bound, European, perhaps German in design style, unlined, the stitches vi...

A very early whitework bonnet or cap, formed in 3 sections, all edges bound, the cap back slightly elongated into the neck and a plain section und...

A very ornate 19th century ladies cap, French or German, of rigid form, probably to sit at the back of the head, extremely complex work using meta...

Two ornate European 19th century caps, adult size, probably traditional costume and worn for celebrations, the first, constructed in two panels of...

Two 19th century beaded and knitted items, comprising a single cream knitted fingerless mitten with design to the main body, a panel of colourful,...

Point de Beauvais: A small quantity of accessories incorporating fine Point de Beauvais French tambour embroidery, to include a 20th century eveni...

19th and 20th century evening bags and accessories, to include an unusual early 20th century diamanté evening bag with white metal frame and chai...

Four 1920’s beaded bags with beadwork fringes and three with decorative plastic frames, often considered Bakelite, some cream and in imitation of ...

Four decorative beaded evening bags from the 1930’s/1950’s, two in clutch form with strap at the rear, press-stud fasteners, two with gold metal f...

Four 19th century miser’s or stocking purses, one particularly finely designed and worked, with gold embossed metal sliders and bell-shaped end or...

Five 19th century coin purses demonstrating different forms and techniques, to include examples with beadwork, two formed as jugs, and two en diab...

Four large 19th century miser’s or stocking purses featuring different designs and techniques, one of beadwork woven in stripes, a second with app...

Four 19th century woven beadwork purses, to include a circular purse with embossed silver metal frame, an example entitled “souvenir”, a rectangul...

Two mesh purses with embossed gold metal frames and chain handles, fringed, in the style of Whiting and Davis, one stamped inside “Mandalian MFG. ...

Quantity of 20th century evening bags, to include two elaborately beaded in cut steel, with decorated metal frames and metal chain handles; one wi...

1920’s/Art Deco beaded and sequin bags, to include a black and silver geometrically beaded clutch, a small money purse, a Belgian sequinned bag wi...

1900’s to the 30’s, six evening bags with a floral theme, the largest with opaque beaded background and featuring shaded pink roses and elaborate...

Whiting and Davis, USA: a gold armour mesh bag with good pierced gold metal frame and gold metal chain, marked to the frame interior “Whiting and ...

19th century evening bags with metal frames: to include a striking example in chestnut velvet beaded both sides in silver metal, in the form of a...

An embroidered wall hanging, Chinese, late 19th/early 20th century, embroidered on black silk, featuring an elderly gentleman in long robe with mo...

A Japanese silk wall hanging, a dark purple ground complementing shades of eau de nil silk embroidery, featuring a waterside scene with fowl among...

Boutis De Provence for a Marriage, Early 19th century: An intricately quilted white linen bedcover featuring the technique of inserting stuffing b...

19th century Berlin woolwork and beadwork examples and original patterns: To include two completed footstool covers worked on canvas in purple woo...

19th century French Petit Point panels and one beadwork panel, to include; A small cream panel for a chair arm, minutely stitched with a design of...

A large 18th century darning sampler, probably Dutch, dated 1774, framed and glazed, the linen ground features seven darns in cross formation and ...

A very early 19th century darning sampler dated 1801, and bearing the initials of EID, from the same home as the previous lot, this time featuring...

Ten fashion and embroidery magazines, French, Fevrier to Novembre 1913, the “Journal des Ouvrages de Dames”, all include the free tracing paper pa...

1930’s: “Embroidery, the Journal of the Embroiderers’ Guild”, 15 copies ranging from December 1934 to September 1939, issued to members of the Gui...

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