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Search Results for: sewingSTERLING silver handled antique fingernail scissors with etched flowers and scrolls designsSTERLING silver handled antique fingernail scissors with etched flowers and scrolls designs on one side, 4″ long and marked “sterling”. These are sharp enough to cut well, and I use mine for cutting the thread for sewing work because they have a nice curved blade. View View View View #a42909 $24.00 STERLING needle case marked “sterling”, never engravedSTERLING needle case marked “sterling”, 2-1/2″ . It has a nice embossed scroll and beaded design with open cartouches on each side, never having been engraved. Antique sewing accessories were so beautifully designed in the Victorian era. View #N39758 $98.00 CHATELAINE in silver tone with 4 chainsCHATELAINE in silver tone with 4 chains each holding an implement: a shell pin holder; needle case; pencil; and a Queen Victorian memorial coin dated 1901, chains from 3-3/4″ to 10″, needle case 3″; shell 1-1/2″ by 1-1/4″; pencil 2-1/2″ and coin in memory of Queen Victoria, 5/8″. Chatelaines might be comprised of items all used for one … Continue reading “CHATELAINE in silver tone with 4 chains” MINERVA LEVER quadruple pop-up NEEDLE CASE, 1869MINERVA LEVER quadruple NEEDLE CASE, an unusual 4-level pop-up sewing needle case or casket made of brass, circa 1869. There are four buttons that make the four different levered layers of needles pop up, one at a time. It is marked “Quadruple Minerva Lever Casket, patented, Copestake, Moore, Crampton & Co., London” and the mechanical … Continue reading “MINERVA LEVER quadruple pop-up NEEDLE CASE, 1869” LUCITE jelly belly trembler brooch, a hand holding an orchidLUCITE jelly belly trembler brooch, a hand holding a pale pink and cream enameled orchid flower with aqua forget-me-nots wrist corsage with a glass pearl center, circa 1945, a large 4″ long. The red nail polish is a fun whimsical touch. There is one missing piece of enameling on a flower petal, only the size of … Continue reading “LUCITE jelly belly trembler brooch, a hand holding an orchid” STERLING handled embossed floral design darnerSTERLING handled embossed floral designed sewing darner, 6″ long and marked “A” in a diamond. It is still perfectly useable and circa 1900. View #a15925 $65.00 |
