A delightful composition Easter rabbit figurine from the 1920s. The dapper figure is shown in a walking pose while wearing yellow shoes, a bright red jacket and a white waistcoat. He carries a spun cotton carrot over his shoulder...
This is a really nice Milk Glass Line Number 750 Basket made by Westmoreland Glass. This Basket measures 6 1/2 inches high to top of handle X 4 1/2 inches across the widest part. It is signed WG on the bottom and features the hand-painted Holly decoration. It is in very good condition with no chips or cracks. The hand-painted Holly decoration is all very good. Be sure to search our other Westmoreland glass available. We guarantee all items to be as described. THANK YOU.
Very Fine Swiss Silver Ring Box Contemporary Travel Case Form 1.5” X 1.5” hallmarked on the bottom for Switzerland. Circa 1980 Quillen
This is a really nice 1997 Longaberger Caroling in Dresden commemorative Christmas Ornament in the original box. This ornament is signed on the back: Longaberger - Collectors Club - A Longaberger Hometown Christmas - CAROLING IN DRESDEN - COLLECTORS EDITION 1997. The ornament is in excellent condition with no chips or cracks. The original box is very good. We guarantee items to be as described. THANK YOU.
This is a really nice 1996 Longaberger University commemorative Christmas Ornament in the original box. This ornament is signed on the back: Longaberger - Collectors Club - A Longaberger Hometown Christmas - LONGABERGER UNIVERSITY - COLLECTORS EDITION 1996. The ornament is in excellent condition with no chips or cracks. The original box is very good. We guarantee items to be as described. THANK YOU.
This is a really nice Set of Four (4) Spode Christmas Tree 12 Ounce Straight Sided Double Old Fashioned Tumblers, with gold trim at the top, in the original box, made for Spode. These pretty Christmas Tumblers each measure 4 1/4 inches high X 3 1/8 inches in diameter at the top. All four of them are in excellent, unused condition, with no chips, cracks or scratches. The gold trim at the top is all very good. The original box is good. We guarantee items to be as described. THANK YOU.
Cold-painted Viennese bronze sculpture of a devil. This half-goat half-man figure is very well detailed, even showing the individual vertebrae along his back and the curls of his hair.
- Origin: Austria, ca 1900
- Condition: near mint; tiny surface rubs at sharp points such as the fingertips
Dimensions: 2-1/4" tall.
A vintage bisque Halloween candy container in the form of a black cat rubbing up against a jack o'lantern. The porcelain is heavier than many bisque items, suggesting it is of American origin.
- Origin: America, ca. 1950
- Condition: good; about 15% paint loss, mostly on the back side
- Dimensions: 3-1/4" x 2-1/2" x 2-3/8"
A rare vintage bisque jack o'lanern placecard holder and candy container. A thin slit just above the eyes holds a placecard. This is the only bisque card holder/candy container we've seen.
- Origin: Germany, ca. 1929
- Condition: very good; about 10% paint loss
- Dimensions: 2" diamter
A delightful vintage Halloween bisque figure in the form of a broom-carrying witch and her black cat. Items such as this were used as table decorations, but it’s also possible that they were filled with small candies through the hole in the bottom, then sealed with paper and given as party favors. The witch, with her pasty complexion, gaping mouth, and crossed eyes really looks more like a space alien than a traditional witch...
A steel cowbell hand-painted on one side with a detailed rendering of a living room with stockings hung above a roaring fireplace, a grandfather clock showing midnight, and a sleeping cat (or dog). “’Twas the night before Christmas.” the opening line of Clement Moore’s 1823 poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas” is painted at the top...
A very rare cobalt blue version of the Santa Claus or Belsnickel bottle created around 1900 by Monroe Gandy Husted of the Husted-Hall Mold Works in Bridgeton, NJ. The bottle was blown into a three-part mold. This example retains the original quatrefoil-shaped front label showing a snow-covered mountain cabin surrounded by a holly leaf border. The clear bottles have an embossed “M.G. Husted” signature, but the cobalt bottles do not, leading some to suspect the blue versions were reproductions...
A colorful vintage Germany Santa Claus squeeker toy. He has a composition face and cotton batting beard. His suite is red and blue wool felt with white trim. The boots are pressed paperboard. The body conceals the bellows for the squeeker. The bellows still moves, but no longer makes noise. The original “Made In Germany” sticker is still inside one foot.
A 1930's Santa Clause figurine with a composition face and boots, a cotton batting beard, a felt jacket, and a cotton toy bag and pants. He stands on a mica-covered paperboard base. Unmarked, but definitely pre-war Japanese. Some of the Japanese Santas have rather fearsome faces, but this one is quite jolly. At 7" tall, he's also a bit larger than most.
Origin: Japan, ca 1930- Condition: excellent, bright colors
- Height: 7"
A colorful antique iron Christmas feather tree stand decorated with three gnomes dancing under a mushroom. In German folklore the mushroom was considered a good luck omen and it frequently pops up as a motif in antique German Christmas decorations. The stand is heavy enough to hold a very large feather tree...
A delightful bisque figure of a skiing Santa Claus carrying a cloth sack on his back. The paperboard skis are enhanced with glittery mica snow. The bottom is stamped "Made in Japan."
- Origin: Japan, ca 1925
- Condition: all excellent, except one ski has an old break that was reglued
- Height: 2-3/4">/li>
A delightful bisque figure of a skiing Santa Claus carrying a cloth sack on his back. The paperboard skis are enhanced with glittery mica snow. The bottom is stamped "Made in Japan."
- Origin: Japan, ca 1925
- Condition: all excellent, except one ski has an old break that was reglued
- Height: 2-3/4"
Outstanding antique German snowman Christmas candy container. We've had many vintage Christmas candy containers, but never this design. The entire papier-mache container is covered with red and white chenille. The snowman straddles the container, making a sort of basket handle. His black eyes are glass and his nose is composition. The inside of the basket is marked "Germany."
Outstanding antique German snowman Christmas candy container. We've had many vintage Christmas candy containers, but never this design. The entire papier-mache container is covered with red and white chenille. The snowman straddles the container, making a sort of basket handle. His black eyes are glass and his nose is composition. The inside of the basket is marked "Germany."
A delightful set of six vintage composition turkey place card holders for the Thanksgiving table. Each turkey is brilliantly decorated in colorful paint including a metallic silver that adds touch of realism to the feathers. Each is stamped "U.S. Zone Germany" indicating they were made between 1945 and 1952.
Origin: Germany, 1945-52
- Condition: excellent; the paper covering at the bottom of one has been opened; two 1/16" paint nicks to one turkey
- Dimensions: 2-1/8" tall
A delightful set of six vintage composition turkey place card holders for the Thanksgiving table. Each turkey is brilliantly decorated in colorful paint including a metallic silver that adds touch of realism to the feathers. Each is stamped "U.S...
A delightful belly-laughing Santa, patriotically dressed in red, white and blue, stands atop a round box candy container enhanced with mica to represent snow. Santa is stamped "Japan" at the back.
- Origin: Japan, ca 1930
- Condition: excellent, no chips, cracks or paint loss
- Dimensions: 3-5/8" tall
A delightful belly-laughing Santa, patriotically dressed in red, white and blue, stands atop a round box candy container enhanced with mica to represent snow. Santa is stamped "Japan" at the back.
- Origin: Japan, ca 1930
- Condition: excellent, no chips, cracks or paint loss
- Dimensions: 3-5/8" tall
A delightful vintage Halloween bisque figure in the form of a broom-carrying witch and her black cat. Items such as this were used as table decorations, but it’s also possible that they were filled with small candies through the hole in the bottom, then sealed with paper and given as party favors. The witch, with her pasty complexion, gaping mouth, and crossed eyes really looks more like a space alien than a traditional witch. Only her broom and black cat betray her true nature!
A fun set of vintage Christmas ornaments depicting circus characters--a ringmaster, a strong man, a clown, an animal trainer, and a pair of flying acrobats. The ornaments are made from canvas and wood enhanced with painted details and fabric clothing.
- Circa 1990
- Condition: very good, the strongman had a place in the upraised fist that originally held a wooden dumbbell and the clown is missing one wooden hand.
- Dimensions: ringmaster, 7-1/2" tall; strong man, 8" tall; clown,...
Just in time for Christmas. This mint condition Santa Claus is made of felt with fur beard and trim. This is a 1953 replica and includes the Stieff tag. The molded face shows a happy, jolly Santa. He measures 12 inches high.
An extremely rare early German wooden double-ratchet noisemaker featuring a composition and wood witch with moveable arms. Ratchets with full-body figures are very uncommon. The witch wears a red crepe paper ruffle and a pinkish paper skirt. The ratchet is stamped "Germany."
- Origin: Germany, ca 1920
- Condition: excellent, all original
- Dimensions: 9-1/2" x 5-1/2"
Very rare early German double-ratchet noisemaker featuring a composition devil head wearing a crepe paper ruffle. The ratchet is stained orange and black and is stamped "Germany."
- Origin: Germany, ca 1920
- Condition:very good, all original, a few nicks to the composition at high points (ear and horn tips, nose, cheeks)
- Dimensions: 7" x 4-1/4"
An outstanding early German wooden double-ratchet noisemaker featuring a composition black cat head wearing a crepe paper ruffle. The clacker blades are stained black. The ratchet is stamped "Germany."
- Origin: Germany, ca 1920
- Condition: excellent, all original, clacker blades appear to have been re-glued to the frame, typical fading to crepe paper
- Dimensions: 8" x 6"
An unusual vintage Halloween wooden ratchet noisemaker decorated with a plastic black cat. This is the only old wooden ratchet we've seen with a plastic decoration. The ratchet is stained orange with a green clacker. The cat is marked "Made In Japan."
- Origin: Japan, early 1950s
- Condition: excellent, all original
- Dimensions: 8" x 5-1/2"
A set of three vintage bisque candy containers in the form of a basket and a black cat with a Halloween orange neck ribbon. These would have been filled with small candies and given as party favors. The bottoms are stamped "Japan."
- Origin: Japan, ca 1935
- Condition: excellent, no chips or cracks, original paint
- Dimensions: 2" x 2-3/4"
This elephant Christmas ornament was made in the 1950's. It is a glow in the dark ornament with silver on it. It's in great shape. Thanks for looking.
This lion Christmas ornament was made in the 1950's. It is a glow in the dark ornament with silver applied on it. It's in great shape. Thanks for looking.
This bird ornament was made in the 1950's. This is a glow in the dark ornament that they put silver on. It's in great shape. Thanks for looking.
A terrific lithographed tin Easter toy by Chein. A jaunty rabbit, decked out in a straw hat, pulls a cart decorated with various Easter bunny scenes. The back of the cart is marked with Chein’s logo.
Origin: America, ca. 1930. Condition: one back corner of the cart has some bubbling of the finish, but otherwise excellent condition. Size: 11-1/2” long; 7-3/4” tall.
A terrific and very rare lithographed tin chocolate box, the lid decorated with "The Wheel of Fund and Frolic" Halloween game. The spinner points to various party tasks such as "Push a pickle across the floor with your nose" or "Sing a mammy song in black-face". Some of the tasks, like "Turn out the lights and have each girl kiss the boy nearest her" sound like a little more fun! The side of the tin is marked "Mrs. Sothern Home Made Sweets". Ca. 1930. Good condition, but with scratches and ...