Children’s Things

ETCHED gold tone hinged
bangle with engraving inside "LSM to LMG", child’s size at 5-1/2" by 1/2".
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VICTORIAN girl’s Persian
turquoise ring and gold filled thimble in original fitted box. This
would have been a lovely and very special gift for a young girl.
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VICTORIAN "AC Co." yellow gold plated hinged child’s hollow bracelet, reposse flowers, 6" by
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VICTORIAN
sisters wearing stick coral necklaces. Wearing coral was thought to
promote good health. The older sister also wears pierced earrings.

VICTORIAN young girl
wearing a cameo pendant necklace, a bracelet, pierced earrings and a
ring along with her fancy velvet hat.

A young girl wearing a sentimental photo locket and a
bangle bracelet.

VICTORIAN child’s
hair bracelet with heart charm, and rare for this type of bracelet, the hair
work is in mint condition.
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STERLING Webster sterling
ducks baby bib clips, circa 1950, 7" total length and each clip is 1".
It was put around the baby’s neck and clipped to a fancy hanky used as a
bib. Webster 1894-present, in Attleboro, Massachusetts, known in part for
their sterling baby items. These can be seen in the

Benj.
Allen & Co. Catalogue, Exclusively Wholesale, 1951 Edition.
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VICTORIAN sterling child’s enamel bangle, 5-1/4" by 5/16" wide.
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VICTORIAN Baby pin in gold tone with blue enamel, 1-3/4".
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VICTORIAN sterling
Baby pin, hallmarked Birmingham 1888, maker &J, 1-1/2" by 1/3".
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VICTORIAN gold tone "baby" pin, marked "T.S.C." on the back, 1".
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VICTORIAN Baby pin, engraved and enameled, from
Roddin’s Jewelry Catalogue, 1887.

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VICTORIAN 9ct gold
tiny pin with raised letters "BABY" and beaded edge,
1-1/8". View
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VICTORIAN gold
filled engraved "baby" pin, 1-1/4".
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VICTORIAN gold filled
bangle with "BABY" and scrolls engraved on the front, adjustable up to a maximum
of 5-7/8" and 1/3" wide at front #V31977

VICTORIAN baby pin gold tone with black enamel, 1-1/8".
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VICTORIAN Etruscan revival baby
bracelet in gold tone and garnet, circa 1885, 5-1/4". See the
1887 E.V. Roddin Catalogue page
with
bracelets like this, and also Bell’s "Collecting Victorian
Jewelry" page 133.
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VICTORIAN
baby pin marked "silver", etched and pierced, circa 1890, 1-1/2" 12.
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VICTORIAN 10 karat yellow gold
baby bracelet, buckle motif and etched design, worn engraving inside "Jennine Pe—",
adjustable to 4-3/4" and 5-1/4" by1/3" wide.
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VICTORIAN English tiny baby or child’s diamond crystal earrings set
in 9 carat yellow gold with box, earrings for pierced ears are 1/3"
across the front and marked "9ct".

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VICTORIAN baby silver nursery rhyme rattle whistle "Hey Diddle
Diddle" with that rhyme embossed both sides of the body, marked "S&Co"
for the maker Sydenham Brothers, hallmarked for Birmingham and 1907,
bells intact and whistle working, 3-3/4" by 1-5/8". It is sterling with
a mother-of-pearl handle, all in excellent condition.

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VICTORIAN child’s set, a 9
carat yellow gold brooch and earrings set in original box, brooch 1-1/4"
by 7/8", earrings 1" total length, box 4" by 2-1/2" by 1" deep.
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VICTORIAN Aesthetic style
yellow gold filled with rose gold overlay oval brooch with a parrot in a
swing design on the front and a little girl in fur cap and collar photograph on the reverse, 1-3/4".
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VICTORIAN swivel
brooch with charming little girl wearing a hand-knit sweater and carved jet
or coral beads
and holding her toy ball on one side, and a hand stitched floral
bouquet on the other, 1-5/8". This brooch is Victorian but the
photograph is early 1900s.
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VICTORIAN silver hand made
pendant with a photo of a little boy on one side, and a lock of his hair
tied with a ribbon and his baby ring on the other.
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14k & AQUA ENAMEL tiny delicate lingerie pins
with tiny forget-me-nots.
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Benjamin Allen & Co. Catalogue, 1899
SOLID gold. sterling silver and rolled plate baby and cuff
pins.
This style of pin is called by varied names: lace pin, baby pins, cuff pins,
lingerie pins, and safety pins.

QUILT hand pieced and quilted
doll quilt, 6 stitches to the inch, 14-1/2" by 17".
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QUILT hand pieced and quilted
red, white and blue doll quilt, 9 stitches to the inch, 13-1/2" by 18-1/2".
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My great aunt grandfather as children:

Cornelia Bennett Negley (on the tricycle) and William Bennett Negley, circa
1900.

My grandmother and aunt, sisters Mary and Agnes King with their dolls and
carriage, circa 1900.

VICTORIAN hand tinted
little girl photo brooch with seed pearls set in sterling, 7/8". #V27599

QUILT postage stamp pattern hand
pieced and quilted doll quilt, 6 stitches to the inch,, circa 1890, 11"
by 18".
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VICTORIAN mother and child. The child holds a small purse and the mother has a
vulcanite comb in her hair. The mother wear a book chain necklace with cameos
and both wear fancy lace collars.

VICTORIAN gold
filled ornate book chain criss-cross necklace with hard stone cameo, 18" with
2-1/3" front drop, circa 1880. See Christie Romero’s "Warman’s Jewelry,
Edition 2" page 55.
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Victorian photograph of a young girl wearing an ornate book chain criss-cross
necklace with a cameo, circa 1890.

PHOTO frames, round, from the John Fryxell
Catalogue 1902.

PEARL cross-over ring,
possibly a child’s,
circa 1910. This ring can be seen in the 1906

Daniel Low & sons Catalogue. #Gco

Daniel Low
& Co. Catalogue, 1906
BABY, Misses and boys rings.

BABY ring in 10k
gold and tiny rubies, circa 1900.
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VICTORIAN
baby ring charm, 10k and garnet cabochon ring charm with scrolling shell
shapes embossed on each side, marked "10k" inside the band. This has been
converted to a charm by adding a loop on the back at some time in the past. It is 7-1/6" across the
inside and 1/8 wide at the front and weighs .02 ounces.

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VICTORIAN 9 ct. baby ring with a pearl in the center and a ruby or
garnet on each side, tests 9ct.It is almost a size 1-1/2 or a bit shy of
1/2" across the inside, and the front is 1/4" wide at the front. It has no
marks but it tests 9 karat and weighs .02 ounces.

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VICTORIAN English 9 karat yellow gold ring with a worn sapphire in the
center and a seed pearl on each side, marked "HB" inside the band.
It’s a size 5 and 3/16" wide at the front and it weighs .03 ounces. The
sapphire is set into a tiny gold flower and each pearl into a bud shape.
The blue stone, which tests as a sapphire, is worn if you look at it under a
5x lens but you can’t see the wear on your finger.

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VICTORIAN English 9 karat yellow gold baby ring with a tiny oval
front engraved with the initials "CG", not marked but tests 9ct. It is
7-16" across the inside and 3/16" wide at the front and it weighs .02
ounces. A maker’s mark "C" in a diamond cartouche is inside the front
of the ring.

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VICTORIAN tiny 8 karat gold ring with a little round red stone. It is really
tiny at not quite 1/3" across the inside and 1/8" wide at the front and weighs
.01 ounces.

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VICTORIAN 10k yellow gold baby ring with the initial "M" engraved on
the front oval, unmarked but it tests 10k gold. It is a size 3 and is
1/2" across the inside and 1/3" wide at the front and it weighs .03
ounces. It does show some light wear under a 5x loupe.

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CELTIC 9 carat yellow gold baby ring with a heart center and Irish
Celtic knot symbols on each side. It is size 1-3/4 or 1-2" across
the inside and 3/16" wide, weighing .01 ounces. The heart
hasn’t been engraved so it’s ready for you initials to be added if you want.

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SILVER Southwest tourist
child’s bracelet and ring, circa 1940.
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BLUE enameled baby hair
locket with painted pink rose, bow suspending pin, 2-1/3″.
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ENGLISH sterling silver baby
bangle, hallmarked Chester 1918, 4-1/2" by 1/4".
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Charming young lady with very long hair, in a white eyelet dress and
black Mary Jane shoes, circa 1900. .

BABY dress in white with
lacy edges, circa 1910.
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Young ladies dressed all in white and carrying bouquets and small
purses.

MEEKER
"Madge Bellamy" purse with fitted mirror, pencil and comb inside,
almost child sized at 4-1/2" by
4-1/2" with 10" handle, circa 1920. There was a
Madge Bellamy
who was a popular 1920s actress, and I assume that is who the purse
after whom the style was named.
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MASTERCRAFT purses.
"Handbags of genuine imported English steerhide with matching suede
linings."
Denver Jewelers Buying Guide, 1932

ARTS &
CRAFTS Justin little girl’s size 5-1/2" by 5" leather purse circa 1920.
This is unusual for it’s miniature size, its floral engraved gold tone
frame and its motif of olives and leaves.
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Benj. Allen & Co.
Catalogue, Exclusively Wholesale,
1951 Edition
Sterling silver baby bib holders, rattle and spoon set, napkins rings, cup and
porringers, 925/1000 fine.

BUNNIES BIB CLIP
in sterling for the well-dressed 1950’s era baby. It was put around the
baby’s neck and clipped to a fancy hanky used as a bib.

The "add-a-pearl" necklaces of the 1980s were proceeded by these dainty
"Anniversary Necklaces" of the 1950s. Strung in 14k gold chains, they were meant
to be treasured for a lifetime.

STERLING
rabbit baby bib clips on original card, circa 1950. It was put around
the baby’s neck and clipped to a fancy hanky used as a bib. Webster
1894-present, in Attleboro, Massachusetts, known in part for their sterling
baby items. These can be seen in the

Benj.
Allen & Co. Catalogue, Exclusively Wholesale, 1951 Edition.
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School Days

Early school bus photo.

"Palmer Method" was a style of teaching handwriting.

The old school house.

EDWARDIAN hand painted on ivory little
boy brooch, 1-3/4″. View
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Early Texas one-room school house that my husband’s uncle, Swayze Clarke,
attended, circa 1920.

A Child’s Garden
of Verses
By Robert Louis Stevenson, 1917
Front
plate
Lovely illustrations by Florence Edith Storer

Reward of Merit.

Three school girls with big hair bows circa 1890. The middle girl
wears a locket and the girl on the right wears beads and a buckle on
her belt

Reward of Merit.

WHOLE DUTY of CHILDREN
"A child should always say what’s true, and speak when he is spoken to,
And behave mannerly at table, at least as far as he is able."

Buster Brown Shoes button.

McGUFFEY’S READER

Paper stand-up card showing Dutch school girls.

Child’s slate with colored wooden counting beads.

Ambrite Colored Chalk

The Seven Little Sisters

McGUFFEY’S Reader

"Reward of Merit for Industry, Punctuality and Good Conduct"
Courtesy of Alice Leonard

Wooden spinning top.

"Reward of Merit for Industry, Punctuality and Good Conduct"
Courtesy of Alice Leonard

School Class circa 1900.

The Child’s Natural History

School Class circa 1900.

School colored pencils.

Art teachers.

Chicken and rooster toys.

REWARD OF MERIT CARDS were given to school children who excelled at
their studies.

Reward of Merit
Courtesy of Alice Leonard

Reward of Merit

Vintage Toys

Boy wearing knee britches with his high-wheeled cycle.

Child dressed for Winter and perched on a white wicker chair of the
era..

Boy on an early tricycle.

Bisque doctor and nurse dolls.

Children with rocking horse.

Bisque Mama doll.

Bisque babies.

CHILD’S hand embroidered
basket motif case with doll-sized wooden peg clothes pins and clothes line
inside, 5-1/2" by 3".
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VICTORIAN young girl
playing her violin.

VICTORIAN child’s platform
rocker is in wonderful condition, a grandchild’s delight!. The hand worked
needlepoint seat has white, yellow and green daisies on a chocolate brown
background. Made of beautifully finished hardwood, it is well detailed with
a floral and stylized molding. The the springs have been replaced some
time ago (note photo). This circa 1875 American piece is a very rare find.
Measuring 24 1/2" in height, it has a width (side to side) of 12" and a
depth (front to back) of 17". Shipping in US is included in the price.
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Little boy with toy rifle and fringed gloves.

"Dolly’s Adventures" children’s book.

"Dolly’s Adventures" children’s book.

JAPANESE wooden two-tone
pink and red child’s shoes with stylized fish painted at the toe and floral
fabric straps, circa 1950. Brought back from the Asia just after WWII.
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Wooden winder toy.

Victorian fashion paper scrap.

Doggy toy.

Cardboard stand-up figurines.

Children playing pilgrims and Indians.

Swan toy.