Needlecases / Needleholders

8/594 = $76 Beaded 1810s empty 60mm - one end of the case has no beads-worn off? - - tiny amount of beading worn off - - doesn’t detract from a lovely piece of Victoriana - 8/1206 = $40 Bone brass inset at one end Brevet Ltd S.G.D. 98mm - brass insets for a peep? are empty - - empty - NEW 8/1216 = $51 Bone & vegetable ivory furled parasol-shape with corozo nut top - with crack inside - - shallow crack on shaft - - mend near threaded edge with a tiny chip - - grubby - - parasol handle missing - - empty - 100mm NEW 8/1220 = $22 Bone - crack on inner surface of lid - - empty - 90mm NEW 8/1222 = $49 English 9ct gold with a suspension loop engraved with monogram FP - fine crack in shaft - - minute dents in surface - - empty - 61mm includes loop NEW 19/96 = $15 Painted wood contains rusty needles bb424 = $25 Telegraph contains German steel needles bk835 = $22 England Brass Jahncke's Mitrailleuse advertising Kirby Beard & Co Ltd 58mm - in good condition - rr122 = $24 England Brass Jahncke's Mitrailleuse advertising Kirby Beard & Co Ltd Needle manufacturer. London, Birmingham, Redditch & Paris contains needles 59mm - instructions for use still legible - - signs of wear - 8/521 = $31 cream plastic red & gold handpainting parrot & grapes 70mm - empty - uu680 = $20 South Africa yellowwood empty 70mm

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Pincushions / Pinholders

8/677 = $49 Mauchline ware transfer Brooklyn Bridge New York Statue of Liberty New York 88x64x55mm - original blue cushion but very worn so that some of stuffing visible - - damage with a crack in the whole length - - which seems to have been glued on one side - - one of the short ends has two cracks along the length - 8/858 = $69 J B Pot metal moulded badge with Woolworth Building New York [built in 1913] 515 lettered on sole 84x43mm - red velour cushion has worn to beige fabric [original] - - some metal has worn off - 17/95 = $19 Manor Ware Pottery © 1976 handpainted beak with blue stones for eyes Magherafelt [Ireland] - slight foxing - bk1322 = $8 Japan Kimono fabric handmade e21 = $7 handstitched in Jacobean type wool tapestry green woollen tassels 70x70mm e18 = $8 Australia handmade Pet Porpoise Pool 41mm e20 = $33 Italy Silver green cushion 25mm rr124 = $13 Brass coloured metal pinholder contains original black glass-headed pins 38mm - some colour missing -

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Ribbon threaders / bodkins

8/1219 = $22 Metal The Tyton Redg sliding knob for the ribbon governs the width of the opening of the teethed end 78mm NEW

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Scissors

8/866 = $40 Embroidery embossed bows and steel shanks 110mm 8/867 = $20 Germany Embroidery steel bows and steel shanks 90mm 8/868 = $25 England Levi & Salaman [L&S] Birmingham 1913 sterling silver and steel nail scissors 102mm 8/870 = $40 England K H.? Embroidery Birmingham 1911 sterling silver and steel ornate embossed bows with ‘man’s’ faces 108mm - 2nd bow has been mended at join - 19/94 = $5 folding 56mm folded - one tip missing - 19/93 = $68 Portraits of Kaiser Wilhelm II and his wife OR King Franz Josef and Queen Elizabeth of Austria c.1890 144mm 19/97 = $35 England Sterling silver Birmingham 1910 W V&S nail scissors 107mm folded - one tip missing -

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Sewing kits / etuis / mending kits

8/1207 = $170 Ivory? etui beautifully handpainted Japanese lake/mountains scene with a Japanese woman & crane some Japanese lettering Contains - each in an individual compartment red-topped ivory toothpick? 50mm glass scent phial - break in glass stopper shaft - 50mm 5-leaved folding ivory toothpicks? 48mm cream old plastic cotton winder/needleholder with red top 41mm 73x23mm NEW 8/1224 = $14 Plastic Souvenir of … Motel Olsen’s Valley 64mm pristine plastic thread winder/needlecase - very rubbed lettering - NEW 17/101 = $3 Faux leather 19/85 = $12 Plastic with modern keyring affixed aluminium thimble & cream plastic thread winder/needleholder 19/104 = $30 Enamelled brass metal thimble & orange plastic & brass thread winder/needleholder 53mm with loop bk1075 = $2 Wentworth Sydney bm359 = $29 tiered brass thimble empty - specks of lacquer missing - 20/1 = $25 Stuffy grey felt cowboy 277mm mounted on the original card - slight paper tears - I save needles and pins my hood will hold your thimble English brass size 9 my middle your needles and pins Hang me high and always handy, I’m there when sewing begins

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Sewing clamps

rr120 = $36 Ivory Chinese - pincushion missing -

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Spools of thread boxes

8/698 = $142 Scotland Mauchline ware black lacquer ware wooden cotton reels box hinged box 101x72x47mm Patent is also lettered on the lid six bone/ivory-lined holes for the thread, each with a number - one missing - - advertising label is obliterated - - 6 wooden posts are intact - - empty -

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Stilettos

19/87 = $18 Steel and whalebone 103mm a171 = $10 Bone 77mm - fine crack - 19/91 = $20 Steel and ivory? 111mm 19/101 = $20 Steel and whalebone 103mm

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Tape measures

706 = $4 Crocheted cotton Australian modern handmade tape measure container contains pink tape measure 40mm 8/622 = $44 Ivory mini barrel ivory spindle 24mm includes spindle - grubby with age & use - - fine cracks on top - - tape missing - 8/719 = $90 Celluloid thistles and tartan ribbon painted top spring loaded tape - end of the tape is fragile - 8/1114 = $110 Celluloid head handpainted original self-retracting tape 1930s? - mouth may have been repainted - bb465 = $19 Yellow ‘cloth’ Advertising with running different slogans for Rinso on both sides measurements only on one side marked in inches [60] - no metal ends - - some staining & wear at beginning end - 8/1115 = $90 Celluloid head original self-retracting tape knob 1930s? 8/1266 = $20 Wood original silk tape 20x15mm without handle - chips in 3 places around top edge - NEW 8/1267 = $35 Wood small brass handle on top with original tape 20x14mm without handle NEW

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Thimble holders

8/1200 = $20 carboard ? walnut-shaped empty NEW

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Thread winders Though these were made as gaming counters and macrame bobbins, they often found their way into a lady's sewing box where they were used as thread winders

8/1252 = $18 Mother-of-pearl Chinese fish-shaped 47mm - worn very thin - NEW 8/1256 = $17 Bone fish-shaped 60mm NEW 8/1257 = $17 Bone fish-shaped 60mm NEW 8/1259 = $10 Mother-of-pearl 28x19mm - some nacre missing - - corner chipped off - NEW

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Waxers

8/1278 = $44 Rosewood Tunbridge Ware original dried piece of wax 32mm - crack in top half of barrel - NEW

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Last updated 3 August 2008

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