Chinese – Shoes, Lotus – for Bound Feet

Chinese – Shoes, Lotus – for Bound Feet

A pair of Northern Chinese made Lotus high heeled shoes with narrow soles and heels made of tan linen and having pointed toes. The soft sided uppers are made of magenta silk trimmed in green and black. The embroidery of Chinese symbols and dragons (good fortune / success) is very fine. There is minimal staining [...]

Compact – Royal Canadian Airforce – Birks, Sterling Silver

Compact – Royal Canadian Airforce – Birks, Sterling Silver

A ladies loose powder vanity / compact, 2 1/2″ in diameter, made by Henry Birk & Sons, Montreal, Quebec, c. 1950. The round hinged compact is engraved on front with a single flower amongst meandering foliage surrounding an attached small enameled plaque depicting the Royal Canadian Air Force military insignia.

Compact – Stratton – Rondette – Goldtone & Starburst

Compact – Stratton – Rondette – Goldtone & Starburst

A Stratton Rondette style compact in gold-tones with three colored bursts. It is round in shape with a domed gold-tone lid decorated with three floral bursts, one red, one green and one blue. The backside has a textured star pattern and is signed in the middle, Stratton, Made in England. The interior is signed with [...]

Compact – Stratton – Royale with Lipstick

Compact – Stratton – Royale with Lipstick

A Stratton luxury range ‘Royale’ compact with built-in lippy. It is square shaped with scalloped edges, a burgundy enameled cover with gold-tone stylized florals and built-in gold-tone flip-up lipstick. Case signed with the “Case in Hand” logo on the powder door, and “Stratton No. 1” on the Lipstick cap. In original signed presentation box made [...]

Purse – Armadillo Ouroboros or “Football” – SOLD

Purse – Armadillo Ouroboros or “Football” – SOLD

A vintage purse fashioned out of an actual Armadillo body, c. 1930s-1950s. In an Ouroboros fashion the head, with sparkling inset ruby colored eyes, eats the tail and forms the handle of the purse while the legs are sewn either side of the body. The lid opens to reveal a small mirror on the inside [...]

Salz Bros. Inc. – Pen, Fountain – Peter Pan, 18K – SOLD

Salz Bros. Inc. – Pen, Fountain – Peter Pan, 18K – SOLD

Ring top miniature fountain pen engraved with art deco arrow design on chain with original 14K Peter Pan nib, made by Salz Brothers, N. Y., signed. The rectangular cartouche on the body is inscribed “B.L.B”. It is in Excellent Condition.

Souvenir Cane, Grindelwald Switzerland

Souvenir Cane, Grindelwald Switzerland

A swiss made Chamois Horn & Hoof walking/hiking cane, unsigned,  c. early 20th Century.