This is an original vintage pewter & leather mounted glass hip flask / cup, advertising D & J McCallums 'Perfection' Scotch Whisky, and dating to around the 1920's.
The upper half of the flask is covered in a textured brown leather, with a long ...click for details
This is a Victorian novelty figural vesta or match safe, made of plated brass and celluloid?, and dating to around 1900.
The case is in the form of a turtle, with a nickel plated body & a shell (or carapace) made from a tortoiseshell effect celluloid or other for ...click for details
This is a plated brass figural novelty vesta or match safe, in the form of a Deer's leg or hoof & made by G. Goliasch & Co, of Berlin, Germany, (and bearing their trade mark), and dating to around 1890.
The case is opened via a push button to the front, w ...click for details
This is a late Victorian / early Edwardian Silver Plate & inlaid Banded Agate vesta or match safe, almost certainly of British manufacture (prob. Scotland), & dating to around 1890 - 1910.
The vesta is square in form, with a hinged lid, an inset striker to th ...click for details
This is a Victorian combination vesta / matchsafe & candle holder (often referred to as a 'Candle in the Box'), most probably of British manufacture, & dating to the late 19th Century.
The rectangular box is made from plated brass and has a striker on ...click for details
This is a small, late Victorian / Edwardian hinged case containing it's own seal & ink pad, designed to be hung from a chatelaine or an Albert, and made from plated metal.
The case is rectangular in form with a pendant knob & suspension ring on one end, t ...click for details