Victorian Match Holder Double Sided

Double Holder Victorian Match Holder.

This is another Victorian Match Holder from my collection. This one is a double, meaning one side would have held the unused matches to light the fire or the coal oil lamp, the other side would have held the used matches.

Victorian Match Holders

Victorian Match Holder

I have a small collection of Victorian Match Holders. This is one of my favourites. They were meant to be hung near the fireplace or a coal oil lamp so that matches could be easily found and use to light the fire or the lamp.

Victorian Match Holders are much fancier and more ornate than advertising match holders and are much harder to find

Antique Coffee Grinders (Coffee Mills)

These are my 3 largest Coffee Grinders (Coffee Mills). I haven't figured out where or how to display them so for now they're sitting in my living room!

Star Coffee Mill No. 7

Star Coffee Mill No. 7 with 15" wheels.

This Star Coffee Mill has a replacment eagle which I purchased separately and the original blue and gold paint on the wheels has been painted over with red.

It has the Henry Troemner name and the three Coles patent date is Aug. 19, 1884, Nov. 25, 1884 and May 26, 1885

Enterprise No. 209 Coffee Mill

Enterprise No. 209 Coffee Mill

This Coffee Mill has 24 3/4" wheels. The Wheels are stencilled. The eagle is not original but still looks appropriate. Emobssed on the front of the grinding section is "Pat. July 12.98"

Coles No. 7 Coffee Mill

Coles No. 7 Coffee Mill (Grinder).

This Coffee Mill was patented Dec. 27 1887. It has double 16" wheels and the original red paint. It is 27" high. and is one of the Coles Manufacturing Co. mills from Philadelphia Pennsylvania

I got this at an auction for a reasonable price as the tin Catch Can is missing. I have since found a place that will make a duplicate of the original catch can. This Coffee Mill joins my growing collection

Victorian Silver Plated Water Tankard

Another Victorian Silver Plated Water Tankard (or Coffee Pot) from my collection

Victorian Silver Plated Tankard

This is one of my favourite antiques in my collection. It is a Victorian Water Tankard. It sits on a stand and swings in its cradle so that the lady of the house can pour the liquid into the goblet resting on the cup stand. These are difficult to find with the matching goblet.

In fact I found this in pieces in an antique store in Massachusetts. It was in the back room, buried in a pile of junk. My husband assured me he could repair it so I bought it at an incredible bargain price! It adds to my collection of 13 Victorian Silver or Silver-plated tankards or coffee pots.

Combination Barometer, Compass and Thermometer made by Cam-LaFontaine-Hazebroucq, Paris, France

This is a combination Barometer, Compass and Thermometer made by Cam-LaFontaine-Hazebroucq, Paris, France. In its original case. Circa turn of the century. The barometer is on one side, and the compass and thermometer are on the other side. The case is leather, with green velvet on one side, and green satin on the other. The size is 2 1/8” in diameter, and 7/8” thick.

This fantastic combination Barometer, Compass and Thermometer is for sale on Ebay Item number: 180256722656

Jaeger Barometer

Art deco barometer and thermometer made in France by Jaeger. The instrument dials are located between two pieces of beveled glass held together by a 22 ct plated rim. Settings can be adjusted to the altitude of the residing location. It features three concentric graduations: atmospheric pressure 27-1/2 to 32-1/2 inches/Hg; 930 to 1100 millibars; -100 to 5000 feet elevation. The thermometer in the bottom portion is graduated from 0 to 120 degrees Fahrenheit. Height 7”. Diameter 6-3/4”.

Waterbury Mantle Clock

Very unique 1800's Waterbury Mantle Clock in working condition and it's decorated with a carved traditional Chinese panels and matching hardware, fantastic detail and color(please see photo's). It's made of dark cherry wood and measures 16"W by 10"H by 6"D and it weighs 9-3/4 lbs., the movement is marked with a Star over WATERBURY CLOCK CO., Waterbury, Conn., Patented 1881.

Taylor Instruments, Rochester, New York, Barometer

Distinguished, attractive and functional, this circa 1955 golfer-themed barometer is perfect as a gift and conversation piece. Manufatured by Taylor Instruments, of Rochester, New York.

Taylor Instrument Companies of Rochester NY pocket barometer

Antique pocket barometer in it's original leather case made by Taylor Instrument Companies of Rochester NY, probably in the very early twentieth Century. It is marked "E.D. No. 4128", which may be a model number. This is the heaviest early pocket barometer I have ever felt. It weighs in at nearly 1 lb., or 435 grams outside of it's case. The heavy glass crystal is beveled. The outer dial is adjustable using the crown on the top. It measures 3" wide by 3 5/8" long, counting the crown by 1 3/8" thick.

Testrite Weather Forecaster

Testrite Weather Forecaster. This barometer was made in Germany and is copyrighted 1930. The lovely dark cherry colored wood carries the brass mounting ring and lovely lends over the blue steel 3 arm indicator and adjustable brass recording marker.

SWIFT BAROMETER

VINTAGE WALL BAROMETER, IS 5 1/2" IN DIAMETER BY 1 1/4" THICK,HAS BEVELED GLASS OVER BAROMETER ,MADE BY SWIFT IN GREMANY,ADJUSTMENT ON BACK FOR BAROMETER,IS MOUNTED IN MAHOGANY WOOD.

WWII submarine barometer-manometer

WWII submarine barometer-manometer. These ranged up to 37 inches of mercury, mainly because BEFORE a dive, the interior of the sub was slightly pressurized, to ensure that valves, hatches, and of course any bullet holes were sealed off. A leak in a diving Submarine could be fatal.These were mounted prominently BETWEEN the two"PLANESMANS" stations, as these crewmembers could cancel a dive if this instrument did not show a pressure build up in the hull.

T B Winter Of Newcastle Pocket Barometer

Antique T B Winter Newcastle gilt metal cased pocket barometer, the white enamelled dial with black number details and black pointer hand, the front bears the makers name “T B Winter Newcastle”, the dial measures approx 4.7cm wide.

RIGGS & BROTHER Philadelphia marine barometer

Antique RIGGS & BROTHER Philadelphia marine barometer. This absolutely beautiful marine comes as pictured in the original case. It seems to be in fine condition. Cira 1860 early and interesting American instrument.

This marine barometer is for sale on Ebay Item number:260220222229.

Land and Ross Antiques is having a Christmas Open House

We invite you to the Village of Shakespeare's [Ontario] Christmas Open House on Nov 17Th and 18Th.

Both of our stores will be open Saturday and Sunday for the open house weekend from 10am to 5pm and 11am to 5pm on Sunday. If you are considering a custom made piece of furniture for Christmas there is still time to order but on a first come first serve basis.

Remember all the antiques from Land and Ross have the option of full exchange at any time. Please consider giving a gift that last for ever.

Happy Holidays and Peace for All, Best Wishes in 2008.
Peter, Gayle, Wayne and Gloria

Woman finds 800-year-old cross in trash

A valuable cross dating to the Middle Ages has turned up in a trash bin in Austria.

Police in Salzburg say a woman looking for old crockery in a trash container in the western Austrian town of Zell am See stumbled upon the precious piece in 2004. They say she apparently she had no idea of it's value and just stashed it behind her couch.

Now experts say the cross could be worth as much as $700,000.

A local museum has custody of it, at least for the moment. And whether the trash-foraging woman, who has not been identified, will get so much as a penny for her find has yet to be determined.

Officials say it appears the cross had been looted from a Polish art collection by the Nazis during the Second World War.

The Austria Press Agency quoted police official Christian Krieg as saying the woman found the cross after a hotel owner who lived in Zell am See died and his home was being cleared by relatives.

The woman showed the cross to the niece of the dead man, but the niece didn't want it and allowed the woman to take it, the news agency reported.

Last month, one of the woman's neighbours had an inkling the cross might be something special and took it to a local museum in the village of Leogang.

The curator, Hermann Mayrhofer, alerted police. An investigation disclosed that, until the Second World War, the cross had been part of an art collection belonging to Izabella Elzbieta of Czartoryski Dzialinska, Poland.

Before the outbreak of war, Elzbieta tried to hide the piece from the Nazis by concealing it in the cellar of a building in Warsaw. But the Nazis found it in 1941 and later brought it, along with other items from Elzbieta's collection, to a castle in Austria. It is unclear what happened next.

This summer, the cross was taken to Vienna for analysis but it has now been returned to the museum in Leo gang. Experts at Vienna's fine arts museum determined that it comes from Limoges, France, and dates to about 1200.

In a telephone interview with The Associated Press, Mayrhofer said that he knew straight away that the cross came from Limoges and praised the woman for salvaging it.

"She did something extraordinary," Mayrhofer said.

But he said he couldn't comment on whether the woman would receive any money for her find.

A judge in Zell am See has decided that for now the cross should be kept in the museum security. Mayrhofer said it would soon be included in a special exhibit at the museum.

The London-based Commission for Looted Art in Europe is representing the heirs of the former owner of the cross, police said.

Antique Micrometer No. 8 Pat. 1891-1902 Brown & Sharpe

Antique Micrometer No. 8 Pat. 1891-1902 Brown & Sharpe

Item number: 160148835546

Click on link on E-Bay items above to bid on this antique or any other antique available

This auction is for an antique micrometer which I am told is a metalworking measurement tool. This old micrometer is a No. 8 maufactured by Brown & Sharpe Mfg. Co. Providence R. I. The patent dates are July 26, 1891 and December 30, 1902. It comes in the original lined case and it smells quite musty. The micrometer appears to me to be in fine condition. Although it has been used, the numbers on it are all legible and the screw handle works perfect. It does have a name surface scratched on it in very small letters. This man thing is a great antique memorabilia piece and probably still useful to somebody that does things the old fashion way

St. Mary's Brown Jug

  St. Mary's Brown Jug

Brimfield Antiques Shows Starts Tuesday

Approximately 5,000 dealers are expected to line the fields off Route 20.
The famous show, which draw thousands of people to Brimfield, runs through May 13. Shows will also be held in July and September.

The world-famous show started in 1959. You can learn more at www.brimfieldexchange.com, which lists the dealers at each field and the antiques they sell.

Will Silks General Store, Cookstown Ont

Located at 14 Queen st Cookstown Ontario you will find an old time general store specializing in Aladdin lamps. They also have a few other antiques and collectibles scattered around the store. If you happen to be in Cookstown and you have a few moments to spare you might want to take a peek.

Antique Rocking Chair early 1800s

  This is an early 1800s rocking chair. We know nothing about it and haven't been able to find the style or maker or any details.

Art Moderne Antiques in Collingwood Ont

Furniture, gifts, period lighting. 48 pine st Collingwood.

C96 Mauser Hand Gun

Well this is a little bit different than the kind of antiques normally found on this website but guns are one of the most popular antique collectibles.

Production of the C96 Mauser began in 1896, and ended about 1939 with over one million C96 pistols produced. Mauser named it the C96 the "Mauser Military Pistol" in the hopes that it would achieve large military sales. While limited numbers of the C96 pistol were purchased for issue to members of the German armed forces and police, sales were never what Mauser had hoped for.

On a interesting side note the laser blaster used by Han Solo in the film Star Wars was a Mauser with a few plastic bits stuck on it.

My Coffin Plate Collection

This is a photo of just a small part of my coffin plate collection. I have hundreds of plates dating back to the 1840s. You can see them all on my coffin plate website Ancestors At Rest. If you want to have a look click on
Coffin Plates.

Victorian Tinket Box

 Victorian Trinket Box. I bought this on the weekend at a local antique store. It goes nicely with my collection of Victorian Jewellery and Trinket Boxes. This one is a bit different from the type I usually buy - it is white porcelain with hand-painted flowers. Most of mine are bevelled clear glass with coloured satin liners.

Victorian Coffee Pot on Stand with Goblet

 Victorian Coffee Pot. I wish I knew the correct name for this fantastic antique but I don't. It swings, you pour the coffee into the matching goblet on the stand. I found this in pieces (literally) in a Massachusetts Antique Store, but I could see that nothing was missing. Once it was lightly cleaned and put back together it looked as great as I knew it would.

Apothecary Scale and Weights

 Apothecary Scale and Weights found in Massachusetts Antique Store. Privately owned

O'Keefe's Stone Ginger Beer

 O'Keefe's Stone Ginger Beer Bottle Caps.

Eugene O'Keefe, founder of O'Keefe Brewing Company grew up in Toronto Ontario. His family settled there from Ireland in 1832. In 1862 he founded O'Keefe and Company, the first company the first to produce lager beer in Canada along with the traditional ale and porter.

Eugene O'Keefe was one of the first brewers to use motor trucks for beer delivery, the first to build a mechanically refrigerated store-house for beer and one of the first to advertise extensively. He died in 1913 and O'Keefe Limited took over the brewery. In 1916 O'Keefe began making stone ginger beer in response to Prohibition. The bottles and caps are very collectible.

Victorian Double Match Holder

 Victorian Match Holder - double. One side would hold unused matches, the other side for used. Probably used for lighting candles and oil lamps, as anyone lighting a woodstove or fire would have thrown the used match into the flames. (Private Collection)

Antique Victorian Jewellry Boxes

Antique Hunter Blog personal collection of antique Victorian Jewellry Boxes

My personal collection of antique Victorian Jewellery boxes. Some are souvenir boxes. These usually have bevelled clear glass and a coloured satin pad inside. The box at rear of photo is not a Victorian Jewellery Box, it is a milk-glass box from the 1920s

Red Turkey Coffee Tin

 Rare Red Turkey Coffee Tin. Tins are very popular with collectors. You can collect all kinds - coffee, tea, tobacco, medicine.... I collect Coffee Tins and Medicine Tins, and I have a few other miscellaneous tins that appeal to me for one reason or another. I have a rule of thumb "If you have 3 of an item, it's a collection" This coffee tin is hard to find, and in this good condition is worth about $250.00

Green Depression Glass Mixing Bowls

 This is a set of green Depression Glass mixing bowls. They weren't found as a set, I've been collecting them as I find them in antique stores or flea markets or auctions. I've managed to find four of different graduated sizes, all the same shade of green with the same ribbing.

Depression Glass was manufactured in the 1930s. You can find Depression Glass bowls, dinner plates, candlestick holders, glasses, teacups, sugar bowls, sherbet dishes, water pitchers and more. The most common colours are green, clear, and pink. Depression Glass also comes in yellow and blue. There are different shades of green, one is sort of lime, the other the green you see in this photo. There are many different patterns too. Depression glass is eagerly sought after by collectors and can be quite expensive

Pegwell Bay Pot Lid

 

Pot LIds were an early form of marketing and packaging - they are pictures printed on pottery covers and placed on pots of products. They were produced in colour by the 1830s. This pot lid is one of the Pegwell Bay series. It is called Hauling in the Trawl. It's a common lid copied from a drawing in London Illustrated News on 6 March 1847. It was produced for Crosse and Blackwell by the Pratt factory. It is worth approximately $100.00

Watsons Cough Drops Tin

 This is an antique Watsons Cough Drops Tin in very good condition. It's quite large with good graphics. It's part of a private collection of Medicine and Medicinal Tins.

Hendryx Bird Cage

 Antique Hendryx Bird Cage. Original Green Paint

Gurneys Antique Scale Ontario

Gurney Antique 16 lb. Scale with porcelain tray. Labelled Gurneys and Ware, Hamilton Ontario. Balance scale, uses counterweights. Red paint with gold, good condition. Gurneys logo painted on metal. Circa 1902-1910

Canadian Scale Makers, (ie: Gurney & Ware, Gurney, C. Wilson, Osborne, Fairbanks, Wm. & J. G. Greey, Burrow Stewart & Milne, Hamilton Scale Company, New Warren Scale Co., Renfrew Scale Co., for example), had to have their products verified prior to sale to merchants.

The stamped verification sequence allows collectors to more accurately date scales and weights. For eg you might see a (crown) with ER over Q, T.18

(crown)ER Edward VII reigns 1902 – 1910

T Toronto

Month Indication Number 18 Month (of a 2 year span) of original verification

Series Letter Q Identifies a 2 year period. 1906 - 1907

Kemp Manufacturing 1867-1911

Some sources Canadian Weights and Measures

We also have in our personal collection scales with the mark

(crown)VR Queen Victoria reign 1837-1901

The 1851 Directory of Ontario shows the following listing under FOUNDRIES AND MACHINISTS

GURNEY & CARPENTER, ironfounders and manufacturers of
threshing machines, castings, machinery, hollow,
copper and tinware, pipe boxes, potash kettles, &c., John st.

Antique VIctorian Coal Skuttle

 Antique VIctorian Coal Skuttle found in Massachusetts Antique Store

Antique Canister Set

 What a gorgeous antique canister set we spotted on our Massachusetts Antique Trip

Civil War Photo Albums

One of my collections is Civil War era photo albums - with CDVs. I also collect Ambrotypes (like the one on the left) and Daguerrotypes.

An index and thumbnails of many of my photo albums can be found at Lost Faces (http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/LostFaces/ )

Europa Antiques Virgil Ontario

Europa Antiques in the old Red Brick Church in Virgil is terrific. The owner, Kim Papple, has lovely antiques in good shape and at fair prices. They are nicely displayed in a large old red brick church, so you can wander from room to room and never feel overwhelmed.

I bought a nice antique cupboard (medicine chest) for our upstairs bathroom and was pleased with the price.

Bala 2005 Muskoka Antique & Nostalgia Show Sale

Sat Oct 1 10 am - 5 pm
Sun Oct 2 10 am - 4 pm
Admission $5.00 includes re-entry
705-484-1668