Scottish Antiques from 1750-1900

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Knitting tools-

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Scottish Antiques- Sewing Tools

A pair of knitting needle covers. Painted wood, circa 1930 £35

Needlecases-

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Scottish Antiques for sale - Scottish Antique treen 1750-1900

French needlecase inscribed to the cover "Menagere" The cover is ivory, the spine and inside of the case silk ,with a wool needle page. Circa 1890. The ivory and silk are in excellent condition, the only damage is to one of the wool needle pages. Approx. 5.5c x 3.5cm. £78

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Scottish Antiques for sale - Scottish Antique treen 1750-1900

Pin cushions, pinwheels and pinballs-

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Scottish Antiques for sale - Scottish Antique treen 1750-1900

A pink linen pinwheel with silk hand embroidery and bound with pale blue petersham ribbon .Rust marks from original pins in the binding, but otherwise immaculate. Approx. 8cm diam by 1.5cm high. circa 1920. £28

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Scottish Antiques- Antique sewing tools- Combined pin cushion waxer- Tunbridge style

Combined waxer/pincushion of Tunbridge style, circa 1900. £78.

Sewing tools-

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Scottish ANtiques- Marine Ivory.
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Scottish Antiques- Sewing Tools

A charming lady's leg shaped ear wax spoon/tweezers. The tweezer part being meant to be the upper part of  a lady's leg in bloomers, then the ridge a cuff and the soon part the lower leg.
Marine Ivory, circa 1840 £115

Scottish Antiques- Antique sewing tools- Crystal Palace 1851 exhibition sampler patterns in miniature book

A miniature book with decorated card covers consisting of sixteen squared off patterns for samplers. Some are emblems, some are different fonts and some are patterns. The last four, which are printed in green, consist of one entitled:
"The Crystal Palace Exhibition 1851" and a rather squared off picture of the palace,
the next is entitled "Souvenir" with a graphic pattern below,
then one with a central cow and rural objects,
the final one with the Prince of Wales feathers and a squared off thistle, rose and shamrock for Scotland, England and Ireland.
Condition- good, a little of the expected wear and appears to have lost two ties which would have been secured from the back inside cover. 7.5cm by 5.5cm.

Tape measures-

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Mauchlineware Scottish Antiques for sale.

Celluloid tape measure in the form of a classic English rose covered cottage with a thatched roof.
The chimney is the pull or stop for the actual tape.The tape is in good condition, the only fragile piece being near the chimney end. The spring works well and the tape is 40inches long. Circa 1930. No chips to the house and colour nice and bright.
The base measures- 4.8cm x 2.9cm £110

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Scottish Antiques- Antique sewing tools- Austrian Cold painted bronze tape measure in the form of a pig

A rare Austrian cold painted bronze tape measure in the form of a pig on a grassy mound. The tape is the original one and is marked in both inches and "meters". The side marked in inches is also marked "LONDON" "Made in Austria" The pig turns to wind the tape and a delightful butterfly stops the tape.
Condition- as can be seen in the photo, the pig has suffered a few bashes, no doubt from having worked his way to the bottom of a work basket! The tape is in good condition, running to one metre. From 67cm to 100cm there are some marks on the tape which look like rust marks. There are no tears or worn parts to the tape.
He stands 3.5 cm high.

Thimbles-

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Scottish Antiques- Antique sewing tools-Two English silver Spa thimbles

Two Spa silver thimbles-
Left- Royal Spa thimble, silver, by Henry Griffiths & Son of Lemington Spa, Birmingham 1928-9. Size 18 £56
Right- The Spa thimble, silver, Henry Griffiths  & Co, Birmingham 1930-1. Embossed "Leven", a souvenir of the Scottish town. Size 15. £56

This is a very small selection of what we have in stock and more will be added shortly. Please look back soon!

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