All Items : Antiques : Instruments and Implements : Timepieces : Pocket Watches : Pre 1800 item #1461818 (stock #4052)
Watch Company
$150.00
S.B. Champlin Company Providence, RI 1872 - 1934

The men's watch chain, or "Vest Chain" is typically much scarcer than the pocket watch itself. This is because by 1915, the watch was retired to storage and the chain “discarded”, thrown away, or women converted them to bracelets. This fine men’s vest chain presented was produced by the Champlin Co. in 1896, inventoried, and was never sold to the trade or Jeweler for sale...
All Items : Antiques : Instruments and Implements : Pre 1900 item #1461743
Global Ceramics
$100.00
Small and pretty desk seal, gilded silver and banded agate, with two minuscule French hallmarks, probably a boar´s head (in use from 1838 on small items). From around 1850-60 = 2nd Empire. The seal stone, not engraved, is yellow in tone, probably a citrine or a topaze. Height "2/ 5.4 cm. Condition: the agate handle with repair (cf. pics).
All Items : Antiques : Instruments and Implements : Timepieces : Pocket Watches : Pre 1900 item #1461703 (stock #4051)
Watch Company
$18.50
AMERICAN WATCH Co. 6 Size Gilt Movement Tin Pat'd 1885-1892. Screw off, Patented dates on front and marked: "Pat'd Aug. 27.95" on the edge. This movement storage tin is in excellent condition and includes the original instructions for storage and shipping movements inside of the inside botton0m half. THIS IS A FINE COLLECTIBLE. DON'T INVEST IN THE STOCK MARKET or BONDS. BUY HARD ASSETS, SOMETHING PROVEN IN TIME...
All Items : Antiques : Instruments and Implements : Writing : Pre 1910 item #1461679 (stock #BNJsnailInk)
June Hastings
$485.00
Unusual Black Forest hand carved wooden snail as an inkwell. It still retains its original purple glass insert. Measures 6.5 inches long and 2,5" high. Circa 1900
All Items : Antiques : Instruments and Implements : Timepieces : Pocket Watches : Pre 1900 item #1461526 (stock #4050)
Watch Company
$23.50
Circa: 1885. AMERICAN WALTHAM WATCH Co. MOVEMENT GILT TIN 12 Size, Screw Off with solid Top and Back with Coin Edges on both sides for a better grip. Patented 1885 - 1894. Stored for over 50 years and now being released. I held these back because of their mint condition. Unused condition and completely authentic and original movement gilt tin to store the 12 size Waltham Movement securely. Salesman and merchants used these tins to protect movements from damage when transporting or storage...
All Items : Antiques : Instruments and Implements : Timepieces : Pocket Watches : Pre 1800 item #1461477 (stock #4049)
Watch Company
$23.50
Circa: 1888. AMERICAN WALTHAM WATCH Co. MOVEMENT GILT TIN 16 Size, Screw Off with solid Top and Back with Coin Edges on both sides for a better grip. Patented 1888 - 1892. Stored for over 50 years and now being released. I held these back because of their mint condition. Unused condition and completely authentic and original movement gilt tin to store the 16 size Waltham Movement securely. Salesman and merchants used these tins to protect movements from damage when transporting or storage...
All Items : Antiques : Instruments and Implements : Timepieces : Pocket Watches : Pre 1900 item #1461476 (stock #4048)
Watch Company
$28.50
This same tin is also available in 16 size also. Please specify when checking out. Circa: 1878. AMERICAN WALTHAM WATCH Co. MOVEMENT GILT TIN 18 Size, Screw Off with solid Top and Back with Coin Edges on both sides for a better grip. Patented 1878 - 1888. Stored for over 50 years and now being released. I held these back because of their mint condition. Unused condition and completely authentic and original movement gilt tin to store the 18 size Waltham Movement securely...
All Items : Antiques : Instruments and Implements : Timepieces : Pocket Watches : Pre 1900 item #1461442 (stock #4047)
Watch Company
$250.00
S.B. Champlin Company Providence, RI 1872 - 1934

The men's watch chain or "Vest Chain" is typically much scarcer than the pocket watch itself. This is because by 1915, the watch was retired to storage and the chain “discarded”, thrown away, or women converted them to bracelets. This fine men’s vest chain presented was produced by the Champlin Co. in 1896, inventoried, and was never sold to the trade or Jeweler for sale...
All Items : Antiques : Instruments and Implements : Timepieces : Pocket Watches : Pre 1900 item #1461439 (stock #4046)
Watch Company
$150.00
S.B. Champlin Company Providence, RI 1872 - 1934

The men's watch chain or "Vest Chain" is typically much scarcer than the pocket watch itself. This is because by 1915, the watch was retired to storage and the chain “discarded”, thrown away, or women converted them to bracelets. This fine men’s vest chain presented was produced by the Champlin Co. in 1896, inventoried, and was never sold to the trade or Jeweler for sale. It is therefore, in pristine, new but old stock condit...
All Items : Antiques : Instruments and Implements : Timepieces : Pocket Watches : Pre 1900 item #1461404 (stock #4044)
Watch Company
$125.00
S.B. Champlin Company Providence, RI 1872 - 1934 The men's watch chain or "Vest Chain" is typically much scarcer than the pocket watch itself. This is because by 1915, the watch was retired to storage and the chain “discarded”, thrown away, or women converted them to bracelets. This fine men’s vest chain presented was produced by the Champlin Co. in 1896, inventoried, and was never sold to the trade or Jeweler for sale. It is therefore, in pristine, new but old stock condition! Ca...
All Items : Antiques : Instruments and Implements : Timepieces : Pocket Watches : Pre 1900 item #1461402 (stock #4043)
Watch Company
$97.00
S.B. Champlin Company Providence, RI 1872 - 1934 The men's watch chain or "Vest Chain" is typically much scarcer than the pocket watch itself. This is because by 1915, the watch was retired to storage and the chain “discarded”, thrown away, or women converted them to bracelets. This fine men’s vest chain presented was produced by the Champlin Co. in 1896, inventoried, and was never sold to the trade or Jeweler for sale. It is therefore, in pristine, new but old stock condition! Ca...
All Items : Antiques : Instruments and Implements : Timepieces : Pocket Watches : Pre 1800 item #1461301 (stock #4042)
Watch Company
$1,250.00
NATIONAL WATCH Co. Elgin, Ill. 1864 – 1874

Waltham W.Co. directors Learning from the errors in production and design, formed the National Watch Co. and the goal was to provide a reasonably priced accurate and easily serviced watch (in the field) that would be available for use in the expansion to the Wild West.

The company was 1st formed in 1864 by officers of the earlier Waltham Watch Co. Some of these Waltham organizers were P.S. Bartlett, D.G. Currier, Otis Hoyt, Cha...
All Items : Antiques : Instruments and Implements : Timepieces : Pocket Watches : Pre 1900 item #1461218 (stock #4041)
Watch Company
$1,250.00
FREDONIA WATCH CO. Fredonia, New York 1881-1885

Chronology of the Development of Fredonia: Independent Watch Co. 1875 – 1881 Fredonia Watch Co. 1881 – 1885 Peoria Watch Co. 1885 - 1889

The company sold the finished movements acquired from the Independent Watch Co. Those movements had been made by other companies. The Fredonia Watch Company was sold to the Peoria Watch Co. in 1885, after having produced approximately 20,000 watches.

This example ...
All Items : Antiques : Instruments and Implements : Timepieces : Pocket Watches : Pre 1910 item #1460462 (stock #4040)
Watch Company
$2,300.00
Very scarce when discovered in this solid Gold and in all-original pristine condition. Just removed from my personal collection of over 40 years. This is a Keystone HOWARD 14k GOLD 21 Jewel Hunting Model Prestine condition, circa: 1909. PAT'D 1908, 21 Jewels, Adjusted Five Positions and Temperature, pendent set, marked: E. Howard Watch Co., Boston, Mass. All wide well RED RUBY jewel settings, Serial No. 1,095,024. Light hairline of the single sunk white porcelain dial, which does not distra...
Zentner Collection
$2,500.00
Antique Chinoiserie gilt bronze clock. The clock has a beautiful lady adjusting her earring while looking in a hand-held mirror. She is ornately clothed in Chinese-style attire. The base on which the lady and the clock sits is decorated with Chinese/European motifs of pagodas, flowers and marine creatures.

Age: 19th century

Dimensions: 18" high x 13" wide x 4 3/4" deep
All Items : Antiques : Instruments and Implements : Pre 1900 item #1459449 (stock #7828)
Rare Pair of Opera Glasses with Removable Handle, in Abolone Shell. Handle extends. (In working order)

Closed 4" x 6"

All Items : Antiques : Instruments and Implements : Pre 1800 item #1459448 (stock #11151)
Two Antique Irish Peat Buckets in mahogany with brass banding, ribbed sides and painted tin liners. Circa 1780.

Larger: : H: 11,75", Diam.: 12.5"
Smaller : H.: 9.25", Diam.: 8.25"

All Items : Antiques : Instruments and Implements : Timepieces : Pocket Watches : Pre 1800 item #1458983 (stock #4034)
Watch Company
$3,970.00
The finest money can buy in 1877. This is a watch worn by Cowboys of the wild west. Excellent original condition. Also, gunfighters, stagecoach drivers, pony express, bankers, and ranchers. Wild Bill Hickok, Buffalo Bill Cody, Wyatt Earp, Doc Holiday, John Harding, Billy the kid, Tom Horn, Bat Masterson, Pat Garrett, US marshals, and Lawman throughout the West. Authentic original Wild West memorabilia.

Solid Light Rose Color 14k solid Gold. AMERICAN W. Co. 14k GOLD CLAM SHELL des...
All Items : Antiques : Instruments and Implements : Timepieces : Pocket Watches : Pre 1910 item #1458741 (stock #4033)
Watch Company
$125.00
S.B. Champlin Company Providence, RI 1872 - 1934 A sharply angled, almost-triangular-plan 5-story brick industrial building, this was constructed by the S.B. Champlin Company (established 1872) to house its manufacturing of gold rings and gold-filled chains as well as provide rental space for other jewelry manufacturers, an own-and-rent practice then common in the jewelry industry and characteristic of neighboring contemporary buildings in the Jewelry District. The building was so successfu...
All Items : Antiques : Instruments and Implements : Pre 1900 item #1458656 (stock #10432)
Antique Refracting Brass and Mahogany 4-draw Telescope with a Brass Tripod Tablestand, and having slides to cover both lens and eyepiece. English, late 19th C. Provenance: The Harry Z. Isaacs Collection from Historic Long Branch Estate, Virginia and James Kennedy Antiques., Ltd., Durham NC.

Length Open: 36"
Height with Stand: 15.5"

Long Branch was built on property surveyed by a young George Washington for Lord Fairfax. In 1788, Robert Carter Burwell inherited the land an...

All Items : Antiques : Instruments and Implements : Timepieces : Pocket Watches : Pre 1900 item #1458361 (stock #4032)
Watch Company
$50.00
HAMPDEN 16 Size OF Roman Dial w/Center Section Separation Pin Stripe. This is a Hampden Factory NOS Dial never used or applied to a movement. Fine Script Signature. THIS IS A FINE COLLECTIBLE. DON'T INVEST IN BONDS or STOCKS. BUY HARD ASSETS PROVEN IN TIME.

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OTHER NICE FEATURES: Free U.S. Ship...
All Items : Antiques : Instruments and Implements : Timepieces : Pocket Watches : Pre 1910 item #1458357 (stock #4031)
Watch Company
$50.00
HAMPDEN 16 Size Bold ROMAN figures with the Script signature in RED. Also, in RED: "CANTON, OHIO." over the sub seconds circle. Single Sunk Porcelain Dial. NOS Never Used. Associated with the 15j and 17j Hampden 16 size models. Uncirculated Hampden Factory stock. THIS IS A FINE COLLECTIBLE. DON'T INVEST IN BONDS or STOCKS. BUY HARD ASSETS PROVEN IN TIME.

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All Items : Antiques : Instruments and Implements : Timepieces : Pocket Watches : Pre 1910 item #1458356 (stock #4030)
Watch Company
$40.00
HAMPDEN 16 Size Fine ARABIC figures Single Sunk Porcelain Dial. Hampden Logo Script signature. NOS Never Used. Associated with the 15j and 17j Hampden 16 size models. Uncirculated Hampden Factory stock. THIS IS A FINE COLLECTIBLE. DON'T INVEST IN BONDS or STOCKS. BUY HARD ASSETS PROVEN IN TIME.

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All Items : Antiques : Instruments and Implements : Timepieces : Pocket Watches : Pre 1910 item #1458355 (stock #4029)
Watch Company
$40.00
HAMPDEN 16 Size Fine ROMAN figures with the Script signature. Single Sunk Porcelain Dial. NOS Never Used. Associated with the 15j and 17j Hampden 16 size models. Uncirculated Hampden Factory stock. THIS IS A FINE COLLECTIBLE. DON'T INVEST IN BONDS or STOCKS. BUY HARD ASSETS PROVEN IN TIME.

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All Items : Antiques : Instruments and Implements : Timepieces : Pocket Watches : Pre 1920 item #1458294 (stock #4027)
Watch Company
$35.00
HAMPDEN 12 Size Fine ROMAN figures Single Sunk Porcelain Dial. Hampden Logo Script signature. NOS Never Used. Associated with the 15j and 17j Hampden 12 size models. Uncirculated Hampden Factory stock. THIS IS A FINE COLLECTIBLE. DON'T INVEST IN BONDS or STOCKS. BUY HARD ASSETS PROVEN IN TIME.

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All Items : Antiques : Instruments and Implements : Timepieces : Pocket Watches : Pre 1920 item #1458235 (stock #4026)
Watch Company
$50.00
HAMPDEN 12 Size BOLD ROMAN Single Sunk Porcelain Dial. NOS Never Used. Very scarce BOLD ROMAN FIGURES. Associated with the 15j and 17j Hampden 12 size models. Uncirculated Hampden Factory stock. THIS IS A FINE COLLECTIBLE. DON'T INVEST IN BONDS or STOCKS. BUY HARD ASSETS PROVEN IN TIME.

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All Items : Antiques : Instruments and Implements : Timepieces : Pocket Watches : Pre 1920 item #1458231 (stock #4025)
Watch Company
$40.00
HAMPDEN 21j Jon Hancock/Ohioan Model DOUBLE SUNK DIAL 12 Size. Very scarce Double Sunk Roman Figures. Fine script signature. Fine Roman figures and signature, fully signed in fine Script. This dial is a very scarce Double Sunken White porcelain dial associated with the Hampden 21j rare John Hancock or Ohioan 21j Models. Never used, selected from original Hampden Factory Dial stock collected over 40 years. THIS IS A FINE COLLECTIBLE. DON'T INVEST IN BONDS or STOCKS. BUY HARD ASSETS PROVEN IN ...
All Items : Antiques : Instruments and Implements : Timepieces : Pocket Watches : Pre 1910 item #1458147 (stock #4024)
Watch Company
$40.00
HAMPDEN 21j Jon Hancock/Ohioan Model DOUBLE SUNK DIAL 12 Size. Very rare. Fine script signature. EXTRA Bold Roman figures. This dial is a very scarce Double Sunken White porcelain dial associated with the Hampden 21j rare John Hancock or Ohioan 21j Models. Never used, selected from original Hampden Factory Dial stock collected over 40 years. THIS IS A FINE COLLECTIBLE. DON'T INVEST IN BONDS or STOCKS. BUY HARD ASSETS PROVEN IN TIME.

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All Items : Antiques : Instruments and Implements : Timepieces : Pocket Watches : Pre 1910 item #1458144 (stock #4023)
Watch Company
$40.00
Very rare. Bold Roman figures. This dial is a very scarce Double Sunken White porcelain dial associated with the Hampden 21j rare John Hancock or Ohioan 21j Models. Never used, selected from original Hampden Factory Dial stock collected over 40 years. THIS IS A FINE COLLECTIBLE. DON'T INVEST IN BONDS or STOCKS. BUY HARD ASSETS PROVEN IN TIME.

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All Items : Antiques : Instruments and Implements : Timepieces : Pocket Watches : Pre 1910 item #1458128 (stock #4022)
Watch Company
$32.50
Circa: approx. 1907. ILLINOIS Watch Co. MOVEMENT TIN 12 Size, Screw Off PAT'd 1907. Salesman and merchants used these tins to protect movements from damage while on display. 50mm diameter and 26mm thick. Original GLASS Crystals on both the top and bottom to display both the dial and movement. Edge marked: ILLINOIS WATCH Co. SPRINGFIELD, U.S.A. Extremely rare; factory new and never used! THIS IS A FINE COLLECTIBLE. DON'T INVEST IN THE STOCK MARKET or BONDS. BUY HARD ASSETS, SOMETHING PRO...
All Items : Antiques : Instruments and Implements : Timepieces : Pocket Watches : Pre 1900 item #1458126 (stock #4021)
Watch Company
$67.00
Rare early Movement Tin. AMERICAN WALTHAM WATCH Co. 12 Size MOVEMENT TIN with STEM & CROWN 1870. Marked: AMERICAN WATCH CO. Exposition model with the original glass on both side for easy viewing. Early Waltham Salesman and Jewelers presented movements in these easy view tins to show dial and movement choices. Very rare because when closed you can wind the watch as if it was in its final watch case. THIS IS A FINE COLLECTIBLE. DON'T INVEST IN THE STOCK MARKET or BONDS. BUY HARD ASSETS, SOMET...
All Items : Antiques : Instruments and Implements : Timepieces : Pocket Watches : Pre 1900 item #1458124 (stock #4020)
Watch Company
$97.00
Rare early Movement Tin. AMERICAN WALTHAM WATCH Co. 18 Size MOVEMENT TIN with STEM & CROWN 1870. Marked: AMERICAN WATCH CO. Exposition model with the original glass on both side for easy viewing. Early Waltham Salesman and Jewelers presented movements in these easy view tins to show dial and movement choices. Very rare because when closed you can wind the watch as if it was in its final watch case. THIS IS A FINE COLLECTIBLE. DON'T INVEST IN THE STOCK MARKET or BONDS. BUY HARD ASSETS, SOMET...
All Items : Antiques : Instruments and Implements : Timepieces : Pocket Watches : Pre 1900 item #1457599 (stock #4019)
Watch Company
$125.00
S.B. Champlin Company Providence, RI 1872 - 1934 A sharply angled, almost-triangular-plan 5-story brick industrial building, this was constructed by the S.B. Champlin Company (established 1872) to house its manufacturing of gold rings and gold-filled chains as well as provide rental space for other jewelry manufacturers, an own-and-rent practice then common in the jewelry industry and characteristic of neighboring contemporary buildings in the Jewelry District. The building was so successfu...
All Items : Antiques : Instruments and Implements : Timepieces : Pocket Watches : Pre 1900 item #1457571 (stock #4018)
Watch Company
$125.00
S.B. Champlin Company 1872 - 1934 A sharply angled, almost-triangular-plan 5-story brick industrial building, this was constructed by the S.B. Champlin Company (established 1872) to house its manufacturing of gold rings and gold-filled chains as well as provide rental space for other jewelry manufacturers, an own-and-rent practice then common in the jewelry industry and characteristic of neighboring contemporary buildings in the Jewelry District. The building was so successful that it was en...
All Items : Antiques : Instruments and Implements : Timepieces : Pocket Watches : Pre 1900 item #1457513 (stock #4017)
Watch Company
$125.00
S.B. Champlin Company Providence, RI 1872 - 1934

A sharply angled, almost-triangular-plan 5-story brick industrial building, this was constructed by the S.B. Champlin Company (established 1872) to house its manufacturing of gold rings and gold-filled chains as well as provide rental space for other jewelry manufacturers, an own-and-rent practice then common in the jewelry industry and characteristic of neighboring contemporary buildings in the Jewelry District. The building was so s...
All Items : Antiques : Instruments and Implements : Timepieces : Pocket Watches : Pre 1800 item #1457506 (stock #4016)
Watch Company
$125.00
S.B. Champlin Company Providence, RI 1872 - 1934 A sharply angled, almost-triangular-plan 5-story brick industrial building, this was constructed by the S.B. Champlin Company (established 1872) to house its manufacturing of gold rings and gold-filled chains as well as provide rental space for other jewelry manufacturers, an own-and-rent practice then common in the jewelry industry and characteristic of neighboring contemporary buildings in the Jewelry District. The building was so successfu...
All Items : Antiques : Instruments and Implements : Timepieces : Pocket Watches : Pre 1900 item #1457131 (stock #4014)
Watch Company
$97.00
Rare movement tin. AMERICAN WALTHAM WATCH Co. 16 Size MOVEMENT TIN with STEM & CROWN 1870. Marked: AMERICAN WATCH Co. Exposition model with the original glass on both side for easy viewing. Early Waltham Salesman and Jewelers presented movements in these easy view tins to show dial and movement choices. Very rare because when closed you can wind the watch as if it was in its final watch case. THIS IS A FINE COLLECTIBLE. DON'T INVEST IN THE STOCK MARKET or BONDS. BUY HARD ASSETS, SOMETHING PR...
David Anthony
$28,000.00
A rare and fantastic Swiss Bells in Sight music box made of inlaid mahogany having 10 airs. The sound is beautifully nostalgic. It has 9 bells which chime with flower and bird strikers. The box is wound by a brass crank concealed on the left in a well. There are levers for starting, stopping; and enabling the chimes. The blind dovetail construction speaks to its quality construction. The box is in good to very good condition, the main defect being a horizontal crack part way across the lid. It i...
All Items : Antiques : Instruments and Implements : Timepieces : Pocket Watches : Pre 1910 item #1456911 (stock #4013)
Watch Company
$32.50
Circa: approx. 1907. Rare. ILLINOIS Watch Co. MOVEMENT TIN 18 Size, Screw Off PAT'd 1907. Salesman and merchants used these tins to protect movements from damage while on display. 50mm diameter and 26mm thick. Original GLASS Crystals on both the top and bottom to display both the dial and movement. Edge marked: ILLINOIS WATCH Co. SPRINGFIELD, U.S.A./PAT.MAY 14,1907. Extremely rare; factory new and never used! THIS IS A FINE COLLECTIBLE. DON'T INVEST IN THE STOCK MARKET or BONDS. BUY HA...
All Items : Antiques : Instruments and Implements : Timepieces : Pocket Watches : Pre 1900 item #1456909 (stock #4012)
Watch Company
$87.00
Circa: approx. 1880. Very Rare ROCKFORD 16 size movement presentation Tin. Marked "ROCKFORD WATCH CO. ROCKFORD ILL/Patd May 14, 1907". NOS never used. Screw Off with solid Top and Back with Coin Edges on both sides for a better grip. Salesman and merchants used these tins to protect movements from damage when transporting or storage. 50mm diameter and 26mm thick. Edge marked with the original glass on both sides. THIS IS A FINE COLLECTIBLE. DON'T INVEST IN THE STOCK MARKET or BONDS. BUY HAR...
All Items : Antiques : Instruments and Implements : Medical : Pre 1900 item #1456892 (stock #M1423)
This handsome, late 19th century leather case is a wonderful example of a physician's traveling medicine case of this era. This particular example is larger in size and number of sections than is typically found, and additionally sports the personalized label, "Dr W. J. Gier MD" in old, silver-toned lettering on the front of the folded case.

The vintage black leather case with carrying handle on top, measures approximately 10.5" wide x 32" long when fully opened and 10.5" wide x 5.5" long x ...

All Items : Antiques : Instruments and Implements : Timepieces : Pocket Watches : Pre 1900 item #1456766 (stock #4011)
Watch Company
$28.50
Circa: approx. 1900. ELGIN NATIONAL WATCH CO. MOVEMENT GILT TIN 16 Size, Screw Off with solid Top and Back with Coin Edges on both sides for a better grip. Salesman and merchants used these tins to protect movements from damage when transporting or storage. 50mm diameter and 26mm thick. Edge marked: ELGIN NATIONAL WATCH CO. Factory new and never used! THIS IS A FINE COLLECTIBLE. DON'T INVEST IN THE STOCK MARKET or BONDS. BUY HARD ASSETS, SOMETHING PROVEN IN TIME.

NOTE: We have bee...
All Items : Antiques : Instruments and Implements : Tools : Pre 1900 item #1456642 (stock #4010)
Watch Company
$23.50
Circa: approx. 1880. ELGIN NATIONAL WATCH CO. MOVEMENT GILT TIN 18 Size, Screw Off with solid Top and Back with Coin Edges on both sides for a better grip. Salesman and merchants used these tins to protect movements from damage when transporting or storage. 50mm diameter and 26mm thick. Edge marked: ELGIN NATIONAL WATCH CO. Factory new and never used! THIS IS A FINE COLLECTIBLE. DON'T INVEST IN THE STOCK MARKET or BONDS. BUY HARD ASSETS, SOMETHING PROVEN IN TIME. NOTE: We have been selli...
All Items : Antiques : Instruments and Implements : Timepieces : Pocket Watches : Pre 1900 item #1456575 (stock #4009)
Watch Company
$27.50
Circa: approx. 1880. ELGIN NATIONAL WATCH CO. MOVEMENT TIN 18 Size, Screw Off with solid Top and Back with Coin Edges on both sides for a better grip. Salesman and merchants used these tins to protect movements from damage when transporting or storage. 50mm diameter and 26mm thick. Edge marked: ELGIN NATIONAL WATCH CO. Factory new and never used! THIS IS A FINE COLLECTIBLE. DON'T INVEST IN THE STOCK MARKET or BONDS. BUY HARD ASSETS, SOMETHING PROVEN IN TIME. NOTE: We have been selling vi...
All Items : Antiques : Instruments and Implements : Timepieces : Pocket Watches : Pre 1900 item #1456513 (stock #4006)
Watch Company
$32.50
Circa: approx. 1880. ILLINOIS Watch Co. MOVEMENT TIN 18 Size, Screw Off PAT'd 1907. Salesman and merchants used these tins to protect movements from damage while on display. 50mm diameter and 26mm thick. Original GLASS Crystals on both the top and bottom to display both the dial and movement. Edge marked: ILLINOIS WATCH Co. SPRINGFIELD, U.S.A./PAT.MAY 14,1907. Extremely rare; factory new and never used! THIS IS A FINE COLLECTIBLE. DON'T INVEST IN THE STOCK MARKET or BONDS. BUY HARD ASSE...
All Items : Antiques : Instruments and Implements : Timepieces : Pocket Watches : Pre 1900 item #1456471 (stock #4005)
Watch Company
$32.50
Circa: approx. 1880. ILLINOIS Watch Co. MOVEMENT TIN 18 Size, Screw Off PAT'd 1907. Salesman and merchants used these tins to protect movements from damage while on display. 50mm diameter and 26mm thick. Original GLASS Crystals on both the top and bottom to display both the dial and movement. Edge marked: ILLINOIS WATCH Co. SPRINGFIELD, U.S.A. Extremely rare; factory new and never used! THIS IS A FINE COLLECTIBLE. DON'T INVEST IN THE STOCK MARKET or BONDS. BUY HARD ASSETS, SOMETHING PRO...
All Items : Antiques : Instruments and Implements : Timepieces : Pocket Watches : Pre 1900 item #1454779 (stock #4002)
Watch Company
$970.00
J.P. STEVENS & Co. J.P. STEVENS & BRO. J.P. STEVENS WATCH Co. Atlanta, Georgia 1882-1887 In mid-1881 J.P. Stevens bought part of the Springfield Watch co. of Massachusetts; and some unfinished watch components from E.F. Bowman. He set up his watchmaking firm above his jewelry store in Atlanta, Ga. And started to produce the Bowman unfinished watches which were 16 size and various 18 size watches, to which was added the “Stevens Patent Regulator.” This regulator is best described as a...
All Items : Antiques : Instruments and Implements : Timepieces : Pocket Watches : Pre 1900 item #1450499 (stock #4001)
Watch Company
$47.00
KENDRICK & DAVIS Adjustable Pocket Watch Key Winder Circa: 1875. Adjustable for Key Wind Pocket Watches. Extremely Rare, all original adjustable Patented instrument to wind any size key wind pocket watch. Eliminates the need for multiple key sizes. 78mm long, and 6mm wide tapering to 6mm at the key wind position and marked: KENDRICK & DAVIS around this end. On one end exists a button, which when pushed, increases the size of the key wind position at the other end, allowing any size key posi...
All Items : Antiques : Instruments and Implements : Timepieces : Pocket Watches : Pre 1800 item #1450493 (stock #4000)
Watch Company
$47.00
BIRCHS U.S. PATENT MAY 23 1876 Adjustable for Key Wind Pocket Watches. Extremely Rare, all original adjustable Patented instrument to wind any size key wind pocket watch. Eliminates the need for multiple key sizes. 70mm long, and 11mm tapering to 6mm at the key wind position and marked: BIRCHS U.S. PATENT MAY 23 76. around this end. On one end exists a button, which when pushed, increases the size of the key wind position at the other end, allowing any size key position to be achieved. A mu...
All Items : Antiques : Instruments and Implements : Tools : Pre 1900 item #1450458 (stock #3098)
Watch Company
$125.00
S.B. Champlin Company Providence, RI 1872 - 1934

A sharply angled, almost-triangular-plan 5-story brick industrial building, this was constructed by the S.B. Champlin Company (established 1872) to house its manufacturing of gold rings and gold-filled chains as well as provide rental space for other jewelry manufacturers, an own-and-rent practice then common in the jewelry industry and characteristic of neighboring contemporary buildings in the Jewelry District. The building was so s...
All Items : Antiques : Instruments and Implements : Medical : Apothecary : Pre 1910 item #1450426 (stock #M1414)
Presented in a frame is the highly colorful, visually-appealing and patriotic cover of an 83 page song book advertising BROMO-SELTZER. Prominently featured is the American flag waving beside the iconic, cobalt blue colored BROMO-SELTZER bottle!

This cleverly-designed image dates to the late 1890s to the early 1900s as it advertises the product as a CURE for all headaches. The passage of the 1906 Pure Food and Drugs Act requiring that foods and drugs bear truthful labeling statements and meet ...

All Items : Antiques : Instruments and Implements : Medical : Apothecary : Pre 1910 item #1450418 (stock #M1412)
Offered is a hard to find, C1910, quack medicine device that sports its original box and insert.

Like many nostrums of this era, abundant claims were made for the treatment of a wide range of maladies. For instance, the label notes: “special disinfection during prevalence of epidemics and after recovery of patient from smallpox, scarlet fever, diphtheria, etc.”. It is very unlikely that this device did anything to disinfect a room!

Visually-appealing graphics are featured on the cardbo...

All Items : Antiques : Instruments and Implements : Timepieces : Pocket Watches : Pre 1900 item #1450165 (stock #3096)
Watch Company
$670.00
INDEPENDENT WATCH CO. Fredonia, New York Circa: 1875-1881 The California Watch Company was idle for two years before it was purchased by brothers E. W. Howard and C.M. Howard. They had been selling watches by mail for some time and started engraving the Howard Bros. name on them and using American-made watches. Their chief supply came from Hampden Watch Co. Illinois w. CO U.S. WATCH Co. of Marion. The brothers formed the Independent Watch Co. in 1880, but it was not a watch factory in the...
All Items : Antiques : Instruments and Implements : Culinary : Pre 1920 item #1449656 (stock #7094)
Rare coconut grater from Kandy, carved from a single piece of Jack Fruit wood, in a quirky zoomorphic style circa 19th century. L: 82cm/32in x W: 10.5cm/4.1in and x H: 30cm/11/8in.
All Items : Antiques : Instruments and Implements : Medical : Apothecary : Pre 1910 item #1448282 (stock #M1410)
This hard to find tool-of-the trade pharmacy instrument is marked “S & D CAPSULE FILLER”. It was used by early 20th century druggists to increase their capsule production. Known as the "CHEMI PHARM UNIVERSAL CAPSULE FILLER" and made by the Fenton Chemical and Pharmaceutical Co. Dating to 1905, this RARELY found example contains 2 separate fillers.

Included are two different capsule size steel fillers, one of which is presently attached by a universal pin. There are 3 filling trays, tamper...

All Items : Antiques : Instruments and Implements : Medical : Apothecary : Pre 1900 item #1447995 (stock #M1409)
Offered is a very lovely, antique, 12 tube Pharmacy Apothecary Suppository Mold, circa 1880. This example measures 9.5 inches long x 1.75 inches wide x 1 inch high and weighs more than 4 pounds. I believe it is made of bronze and is plated in a nickel finish.

This very durable mold has 2 wing nuts on the base that hinge downwards to facilitate opening. To close, the nuts swing upwards and are locked by screwing in place.

The only markings noted are the numbers '1' and '2' stamped on the end ...

All Items : Antiques : Instruments and Implements : Medical : Apothecary : Pre 1920 item #1447994 (stock #M1408)
Offered are a scarcely-found group of three pharmacy ointment mill tube fillers that date to the circa 1910 - 1930s era. These tools-of-the-trade were typically found in compounding pharmacies. This particular grouping came from the estate of a pharmacist who first began practicing in the early 1900's.

The first example, as seen on the left, measures 3.5 inches and has a heavy brass base and an aluminum compression rod. There is a removable brass nozzle that screws into the base. This diminut...

All Items : Antiques : Instruments and Implements : Timepieces : Pocket Watches : Pre 1900 item #1447806 (stock #3094)
Watch Company
$900.00
FREDONIA WATCH CO. Fredonia, New York 1881-1885 The company sold the finished movements acquired from the Independent Watch Co. Those movements had been made by other companies. The Fredonia Watch Company was sold to the Peoria Watch Co. in 1885, after having produced approximately 20,000 watches. Fredonia makes a official announcement that read as follows:

Extremely rare; costumed created just for a Canadian Jeweler. FEDONIA WATCH Co. Jewelers PRIVATE LABEL G.L. MC COY, OTTAWA...
All Items : Antiques : Instruments and Implements : Timepieces : Pocket Watches : Pre 1910 item #1447802 (stock #3092)
Watch Company
$57.00
HAMILTON 16 Size Open Face Porcelain Arabic DIAL Factory New unused. With Minute Track outer edge. This dial comes from the original Hamilton Factory inventory, still in its original wrap. This dial fits all Hamilton movements requiring three dial feet; both open face and hunting. Unused perfect original NOS Hamilton dial. Signed "Hamilton" in script. Fancy Arabic figures and an enclosed chapter ring. THIS IS A FINE COLLECTIBLE. DON'T INVEST IN THE STOCK MARKET OR BONDS. BUY HARD ASSETS, S...
All Items : Antiques : Instruments and Implements : Timepieces : Pocket Watches : Pre 1910 item #1447801 (stock #3091)
Watch Company
$57.00
HAMILTON 16 Size Open Face Porcelain Arabic DIAL Factory New unused. This dial comes from the original Hamilton Factory inventory, still in its original wrap. This dial fits all Hamilton movements requiring three dial feet; both open face and hunting. Unused perfect original NOS Hamilton dial. Signed "HAMILTON" in block letters with bold fancy Arabic figures. THIS IS A FINE COLLECTIBLE. DON'T INVEST IN THE STOCK MARKET OR BONDS. BUY HARD ASSETS, SOMETHING PROVEN IN TIME.

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