SOLD……..A pearl topped tape measure from a fitted sewing box. c 1850

SOLD……..A pearl topped tape measure from a fitted sewing box. c 1850A tape measure which would have been part of a set the pearl top matching the cotton reels , emery and waxer in a fitted sewing box. c 1850 The barrel section is bone and the pearl disc screws into an internal spindle which winds the raspberry coloured silk ribbon. The ribbon is all there including the little turned bone end stop and it is also printed with a leaf pattern below the numbers. In excellent condition no damage. 2. 5 cm high The base

The piercing has survived with no damage and the lenses are clear

A pair of English decorative silver scissors and sheath

a six pence

'Silver Jubilee King George V 1910-1935 Queen Mary'

In excellent condition- no damage but there is a gap where the applied band should joins up

It is in good condition and-as it has a steel core- is free from holes

The slightly oval handle is carved with diagonals and has a short neck

An attractive cloth needle case in the form of a book with white and gold bead work on a red cross stitched ground

Five mini kitchen fittings for a 1950s dollhouse

The silvering is a thin layer of silver leaf

It would have been part of a fitted workbox with a set of wooden boxwood or mutton bone barrels

15 x 12 cm