SEWING ACCESSORIES

VICTORIAN ivory etui circa 1867. Each piece is matching and the kit is perfectly complete... even the hinges match the items as they are all dotted. Included inside are sterling silver sewing necessities: scissors, needle case, thimble and punch. On the front is a Coat of Arms and the words "British Expedition of 1867 to Abysinnia". This particular etui was made for a family member of Lieutenant General Sir Napier who led the expedition.   View   View   View   View   View   View      #V31876

VICTORIAN ivory etui circa 1867. Each piece is matching and the kit is perfectly complete... even the hinges match the items as they all have the dotted pattern. Included inside are gilt sterling silver sewing necessities: scissors, needle case, thimble, bodkin and punch. On the front is a Coat of Arms and the words "British Expedition of 1867 to Abysinnia". This particular etui was made for a family member of Lieutenant General Sir Napier who led the expedition. See a simpler version in Taunton's "Antique Needlework Tools" page 122.  #V31876

VICTORIAN Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala.
Born December 6, 1810, died January 14, 1890.
"British Expedition of 1867 to Abysinnia"   #V31876
 

VICTORIAN sewing set in original moss green velvet box, includes mother-of-pearl lidded 2-1/4" needle case; mother-of-pearl handled 3-1/2" glove hook, 3-3/4" flat nosed tweezers and 3-1/2" punch; silver 3-5/8" scissors; 4" tambour hook of steel with gilt tip and hook; 2-1/8" bodkin with large eye; and 3/4" "solid nickel silver" #2 thimble, all in fitted case 9-1/4" by 3-5/8". Circa 1890. See Thompson's "Sewing Tools & Trinkets" page 79.   View   View   View   #V32075

VICTORIAN sewing set in original moss green velvet box, includes silver 1" thimble; mother-of-pearl handled 3-3/4" glove hook; 3-1/2" punch; 3-7/8" flat nosed tweezers; 2-1/2" silver bodkin; "Elfin" silver 3-1/8" scissors; 1-1/3" needle case all in fitted 5-1/2" by 5-1/2" case. Circa 1890. See Thompson's "Sewing Tools & Trinkets" page 79.   View   View   View   #V32076

VICTORIAN sewing set in red velvet original box, includes mother-of-pearl handled 3-7/8" glove hook, 4" punch; two bodkins, each 2-1/2"; Sheffiled England 2-1/2" tiny scissors and 1" sterling thimble hallmarked "G&S 15" and Chester 1896, all in fitted 5-1/2" by 3-1/4" box. See Thompson's "Sewing Tools & Trinkets" page 79.  View   View   #V32077

VICTORIAN sewing set in original and charming heart shaped box, purple lining, includes mother-of-pearl handled pocket knife with sterling blade hallmarked "W.N" Sheffiled England 1901, tip broken, 3-1/3" glove hook, 3-7/8" tambour hook and 3-7/8" punch; sterling 1" thimble hallmarked "JF' Birmingham 1901; two 2-1/2" bodkins; and Royse Bros. Sheffield 3-7/8" scissors, all in fitted 5-1/2" by 5-1/4" box . Circa 1900. See Thompson's "Sewing Tools & Trinkets" page 79.  View   View   View   #V32078  

    STERLING bodkin/needle with floral embossed design, 3-1/4". #A50356

STERLING  lidded thimble box, lion mark "JK", 1-1/4".   View   View   View   View   View   #a24046

     PANSY lady face silver tone metal buttons, set of 12, 1" each.   View   View   View   #a50614

   VICTORIAN Niagara Falls souvenir beaded 5" pin cushion, purple fabric with cream glass beads, "from Nagara Falls". The bird, flower and leaves motif is heavily beaded and unusually well done, probably an Iroquois Indian piece. A back flap opens to house the pins and needles.  View   View   View  

STERLING handled embossed floral design darner, 6" long and marked "A" in a diamond. View #a15925    

   VICTORIAN hallmarked "L" sterling embossed scissor guard, initialed, 2".  View   #a50686 

NEEDLE case with button to make needles pop up, "Quadruple Minerva Lever Casket", patented, Copestake, Moore, Crampton & Co., London" with the embossed head of Minerva both front and back, 1-1/4" by 2-3/4".  View   View   View   View   #a50635

VICTORIAN bog oak thimble holder with thimble, 1-1/8" by 1-1/3".   View   #V31208

 GOLD TONE "JB (Jennings Brothers?) 1349" copper colored metal shoe pin cushion, 6-1/4" long and 2-1/2" high.   View   View   View   #a28506  

 GOLD tone metal high-heeled shoe pin holder, 7". This would be a great way to display a stick pin collection.   #a22716

DINING ACCESSORIES

STERLING
Prior to the 1860s, sterling silver was expensive and generally available only to the wealthy. With the discovery of silver at the Comstock Lode in Nevada (then Western Utah Territory)  in 1859, sterling became both less expensive and more desirable. Extravagant accessories and ornaments, so enjoyed by the Victorians, now decorated the vanity table, dining table and home. Some patterns of sterling flatware had an implement for almost every food type, with such exotic pieces as oyster forks, asparagus servers, cold meat forks, grapefruit spoons and tomato servers.
Victorian ladies owned cut crystal dresser sets with sterling lids, sterling chatelaines and sterling handled grooming implements. And the reflection of gas light on sterling created a soft glow that added to its popularity.

             STERLING  lidded sugar sifter, salt and pepper with cut glass fluted bodies.   View   View   #a24068

STERLING Whiting salt scoops.   View    #a24005  

    LANCASTER ROSE sterling flatware, one of the most varied patterns ever made, with many different serving pieces. At the turn of the century, this pattern was also known as "Beaded Rose".  LANCASTER ROSE closer detail. This pattern was the choice of my maternal grandmother as well as my mother.    

     STERLING napkin clip with engraved initials "AJK" for "Agnes Jeanette King".   View   #famag  

      SILVER cake slicer with embossed design of three ladies having tea, marked with a crescent crown and "800", 9-3/4" by 2-1/2". The crescent crown (reichsmark) is the official national German silver mark after 1888.  View   View   View   #a27922

  GLASS 4" beveled glass toothpick holder, circa 1900. #A50363

  MERIDAN silver plate cake basket with ornate handle, rolled edge and etched design in bowl, circa 1900.   View   #a28508  

STERLING pierced olive spoon with pink and white enameled floral motif handle, 6-3/4". The hallmark is a "B" with an arrow through it, mark for Blackington (North Attleboro, Mass., 1862-1967).  View   #a50665

  VICTORIAN Reed & Barton silver plated card tray with swinging birds and footed stand ornamented with faces at the center.   View   View   View   View   #a7138