Match Safe – Trompe L’oeil Pocket Knife
Match Safe – Trompe L’oeil Pocket Knife
$550.00 $550.00
A fine scarce figural vesta case cast as a trompe l’oeil pocket knife. The bolster flips back to reveal a hollow body; there is an integral striker on the inner and outer edge.
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Notes: This is made to mimic a pocket knife – it is not a pocket knife and has no blades etc. The body is hollow to contain matches.
Dimensions: 2 ¾” long x 1 ⅛” wide x ⅝+” deep
Condition: Very Good Condition.
For Accuracy Only: there is light wear to the plating at the extremities and the body as expected. This form match safe is typically stripped down to the brass which makes this an attractive example. The lid closes tightly.
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Match Safe – Battin & Co – Horseshoe, Horse Racing
Match Safes / Vesta Cases, Tobacciana & Such
Battin & Co (American, 1896-1922)
Horse Race Match Safe
sterling silver
2" wide x 1/2" deep x 2 1/2" high ; 37.7 grams
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$1,250.00 $1,250.00
$1,250.00 $1,250.00
Snuff Box – Reynolds & Westwood – Woman Playing Lyre, Repousse
Silver, Snuff Boxes, Tobacciana & Such
Reynolds & Westwood (Birmingham, England)
Edwardian Box, Woman Playing Lyre, c. 1909
sterling silver, gilt wash
1 3/8” diameter x ¾” high
21 grams
Notes: Edwardian Art Nouveau sterling silver pill / snuff box made by Reynolds & Westwood of Birmingham, England in 1901. The lid exhibits a repoussé worked woman wearing fluid robes singing and playing a lyre on a rocaille background; the sides and base are smooth.
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$225.00 $225.00
$225.00 $225.00
Ashtray – Murano – Pedestal
Art Glass, Ashtrays, Tobacciana & Such
Notes: Vintage Italian Mid-Century Modern “Pedestal” or “Bird Bath” ashtray, made on the Island of Murano, possibly by Seguso Vetri d’Arte, circa 1950-1970's. Almost post-modern in its curving yet functionally delineated geometry, askew placement of the applied cigarette wells, vibrant colour scheme, and humorous undertones.
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$275.00 $275.00
$275.00 $275.00
Match Box – Wedgwood – Cobalt Jasper
Match Safes / Vesta Cases, Tobacciana & Such
Old cobalt blue jasper dip oval stoneware match box / vesta safe, with contrasting white Neo-classical appliqué tableaux on the top and sides, made by Wedgwood, pre-1820.
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$300.00 $300.00
$300.00 $300.00