This is a collection of 68 original & unused chemist / apothecary paper bottle or jar labels, with the gum intact, & most probably dating to the early 20th Century.
Each label is different, & are for various tinctures, solutions, chemicals etc, with some ...click for details
This is a collection of 10 Bryant & May's metal Matchbox Covers, 8 from the 'Flowers' series, 1 from the 'Lupin' set, & 1 from the 'Prince of Wales feather' set, and all dating to the late 1920's to early 1930's.
This is a plated brass / tin plate & celluloid vesta or matchsafe 'three piece box', very similar to the boxes by Whitehead & Hoag, but this one made by Ajax Ltd around 1905.
The holder was made in the USA, and advertises G & J MacLachlan of Glasg ...click for details
This is an original Art Deco period 'camera' compact combo with a mirrored compact, cigarette & money compartment, & a lipstick holder. The compact is made of chromed metal with an enamelled finish, and dates to around the 1930's.
This is a plated match book holder or cover with a faux butterfly wing decoration of a galleon, by the famous compact manufacturers GWENDA, & made in England around the 1930's.
The hinged holder is rectangular in form & opens / closes via a clip to the fr ...click for details
This is a Victorian era metal vesta case or match safe, with an enamel crest depicting the seven provinces that made up Canada at that period, & dating to circa 1900.
The vesta is rectangular in form with a plated Gunmetal finish, & has a sprung, hinged lid & ...click for details
This is a Georgian hinged snuff box, made of papier mache, & dating to around 1800 - 1820.
The box is oval in form with a flat back (vaguely 'shell' shaped), & is decorated with a raised fluted design to the edge, with the lid & base having a flut ...click for details
This is a Rolleicord Va type 2 (model K3E) TLR 6x6 camera with it's original leather case, & complete with a Rollei lens hood and yellow filter, also in their original case.
The camera's serial No. is 1943697, which dates it to between March 1958 and Janu ...click for details
This is an early matchbox holder or cover, made of cloisonne enamel on brass & most probably of Chinese origin, & dating to around the 1st quarter of the 20th century.
The holder, finished in bright yellow with a pink, green, & blue floral / foliate desi ...click for details