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Click here to subscribeA rare crochet set contained in a model of a steam locomotive, in vegetable ivory, rosewood and bone, 10.5cms, the boiler end unscrewing to reveal a turned bone handle with chuck and three of eight hooks. †For a similar example see Grove(S), The History of Needlework Tools, Plate 165. A private collection - a passion for collecting of forty years Part 1
Three 19th Century carved ivory Chinese sewing clamps, comprising a pair of winding clamps, the rectangular frames carved with flowering branches below tapering reel cages surmounted by bowl form tops with carved borders, 15.5cms, and a companion clamp with original silk cushion over a roundel turned end the curved base carved with flowering branches, 7.5cms. (3) A private collection - a passion for collecting of forty years Part 1
Three needle books, comprising a fine 19th Century ivory example the cover part stained in red and gilt centred by an engraved cornucopia within scroll and floral spandrils, 8.5 x 5.5cms, another in gilt tooled red leather the cover with a three quarter length print of a lady the reverse an alpine lake scene, the interior with numerical compartments and bone crochet hook closure, 8.4 x 5.2cms, and a souvenir style example, 9 x 6.2cms. (3) From the collection of Enid Riley Part 1
A fine 19th Century French carved ivory needle case in the form of a quiver of arrows, the top section carved as feathers and sticks, the lower section with a panel carved with horticultural tools to one side and love birds and flowers to the other over a carved terminal, very minor chip to one corner of feather, 9.4cms. A private collection - a passion for collecting of forty years Part 1
A fine 19th Century French carved ivory needle case, of rectangular form the ogee moulded sides below a sliding top finely carved with flower heads and leaves and with a scallop shell pull, small time stained crack to one end, 6.4 x 3.7 x 2cms. A private collection - a passion for collecting of forty years Part 1
A good 19th Century carved ivory Dieppe needle case in the form of a fisherman, in traditional costume, two fish in one hand the other in his pocket, pork pie hat over curls, unscrewing at the waist, mounted on a turned mahogany pedestal, height of figure 7.5cms, overall 13.8cms. A private collection - a passion for collecting of forty years Part 1
Five 19th Century bone and ivory needle cases, comprising an example as a furled umbrella, losses to top edge, 10.2cms, a square section example of tapering form the finial carved as a head, 12cms, and three cylinder form examples, one with split to cover, one with Stanhope (Souvenir of St Andrews - four views). (5) A private collection - a passion for collecting of forty years Part 1
A 19th Century French Dieppe carved ivory figural needle case in the form of a fisher woman, in traditional costume one hand holding a ring of two fish, the other holding a basket slung over her shoulder, unscrewing at the head, on oval seal base, 8.5cms. A private collection - a passion for collecting of forty years Part 1
Three 19th Century needle books, comprising an ivory example, the covers pierced with an oval panel depicting a dog amid pierced motifs, blue silk interior incorporating a pin cushion, 5 x 3.8cms, another with geometric pierced covers, 5.4cms, and a bone example with leaf pierced boards, 4.8cms. (3) A private collection - a passion for collecting of forty years Part 1
Twelve needle cases, comprising a beadwork cylinder example with bone core, slight loss at joint, 8.5cms, another in bone as a furled umbrella with Stanhope (distorted), a 19th Century plain ivory example, 6.5cms, four metal Mitrailleuse style examples, three wooden, a vegetable ivory example with acorn ends, 8cms, and a Tyrolean carved wood standing example with reel and needle case, chips and minor losses, 12.5cms. (12)
Needle books, needle packets and pin cushions, comprising an ivory example with stitched decoration, losses to two corners, 6.5cms, three cloth examples, five pin cushions and cards including an embroidered circular example, 5.2cms dia., a Climax change pin book, 9cms, various needle packets, a box of mourning pins, and a white metal pin case, 8cms. (qty)
Eight needle cases, comprising a Tartan ware (M'Pherson) cylinder example, 9cms, a bone furled umbrella with Stanhope (Souvenir of Isle of Man - six views), point reduced, 12.5cms, another in wood and bone, 8.5cms, an ivory example with inset steel discs, 7.5cms, a tapering turned ivory example with fist terminal and Stanhope (Memory of Bridgnorth, six views, a little distorted), 10cms, an engraved silver example of oval section, 6cms, and two Tyrolean examples one of standing form, 14 and 8.5cms. (8)
Thimbles and thimble cases, comprising a vegetable ivory acorn example with reel, needle case and thimble, 5.5cms, another with pierced decoration and brass thimble, 5cms, another with silver thimble, 6.2cms, two mother of pearl thimble eggs each with a thimble, an egg form thimble compendium, and a silver thimble in leather case. (7)
A mixed lot - sewing, comprising a 'John Bond's Crystal Palace Presentation Linen Stretcher', 7cms dia., a box wood tape measure, a fabric advertising tape measure for 'Burdall's Gravy Salt', three stilettos, a bone weavers hook, 11.5cms, a bone hem creaser, 16.5cms, a bone collar smoother, 9cms, a vegetable ivory needle case, a similar acorn form needle case, a similar powder sprinkler, a sample Taguar nut, a wooden boot by repute a seam picker, and a metal laundry marker. (15)
A mixed lot - sewing, 19th Century ivory pieces comprising burnt circle waxer, 2.2cms, a floral carved emery, 2.4cms, a tambour hook, 12.5cms, a pair of knitting needle protectors (minor chips), a mother of pearl top reel, a mother of pearl needle book panel, a boxwood lucet and a similar fork, and two pairs of steel scissors, the larger pair 14cms with a sheath. (10)
A mixed lot of 19th Century Chinese export ivory pieces, mostly with carved decoration including four sewing clamps, one incomplete, a pair of cylinder boxes with domed carved lids, 4cms dia., an incomplete cylinder netting case, 13cms, a pair of cotton barrels, another, a tape measure and six other pieces, some s.d. (17)
A mixed lot - sewing, comprising a steel chain chatelaine, a 19th Century ivory cotton barrel, 6cms, two thimble cases one as a mother of pearl egg the other a brass walnut, a silver plated pin cushion, bone thread winder, two shuttles (one repaired), a reverse glass decorated needle book (Town Hall, Rochdale), chips to edge, a wool work needle flannel book, worn, two prayer book ribbon markers, a selection of Bristol card pieces, a leather cased sewing set and sundries. (qty)
A mixed lot - sewing, 19th Century ivory and bone pieces comprising a Dieppe carved fisherman needle case, lacking feet, 5cms, two similar ivory thimbles with carved borders, another thimble, a pair of carved ivory pin cushion discs, an earspoon/bodkin, and an ivory rectangular thread winder pierced with two birds and leaves, cracked, 5.3cms. (7)
A mixed lot - sewing, mostly 19th Century ivory and bone pieces comprising two rectangular frame ivory clamps, one lacking finial, one with reduced finial, largest 14cms, three needle cases, a shuttle, a reel stem and base, a cylinder handle, and a gilt metal and pearl cylinder container, 6.5cms. (9)
Three 19th Century needle threaders, comprising a green stained ivory example the metal plate stamped 'J. Rodgers and Sons Inventors 4 to 8', 8cms, another the bone handle with gilt terminal stamped 'EM', 9cms, and a bone cylinder needle case fitted with needle threader, fine crack, 10cms. (3)
A mixed lot - sewing, 19th Century and later, comprising a rectangular frame ivory clamp, finial damaged, 9cms, a tortoiseshell cylinder bodkin case lacking base ring, 10.5cms, a stacked brick ivory tambour hook with steel mount and turn key, 12.5cms, a pair of ivory reels, 2.3cms, a brass ended reel - Victoria Thread, 3.2cms, a bone reel, two thread winders, a mother of pearl stiletto, point broken, 7.5cms, an ivory handled reversible tooth pick and a tooth pick/earspoon. (12)
A mixed lot of 19th Century Chinese carved ivory and bone pieces, comprising three various clamps and a part clamp, largest 13cms, a tapering cylinder needle case, two cotton barrels, one lacking stem, a tape measure, a cylinder box and a converted chess piece. (10) A private collection - a passion for collecting of forty years Part 1
Eleven various lace bobbins, comprising / a wood and a bone example with evil eye beads / a pewter spot decorated example with bird cage spangle / a bone example with serpent's eye bead / a 19th Century ivory example / a green stained bone example / a purple heart wood example / a green plastic WWII example / two bone bobbins / a wooden bitted bobbin. (11)
A French tortoiseshell notelet case, labelled for Tahan and with folding calendar dated 1855, the front board with oval inset floral bouquet panel inscribed 'Non Franco', within line borders, the reverse with floral inset tablet in gold or gilt, numerous chips to edges, ivory silk interior, 9.5 x 6.5cms.
Four 19th Century ivory pieces, comprising an early 19th Century ivory thimble, the feather frieze with cut steel pins, one lacking and small split, an acorn form thimble case with damaged silver thimble, 5cms, a red stained ivory pomander, 3.2cms dia., and an ivory cylinder bead box, 3.2cms dia. (4)
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