Another Great Auction 11th December
A rectangular tin box, featuring a hinged lid, displaying heavily worn lithographed imagery in a style suggestive of the early 20th century, depicting floral motifs and winged figures, with visible partial text including “Machinery Oil” and “LAUDERN”. Alongside the tin are numerous small objects of mixed materials including metals (various tones from brass to silver-colored), plastic, mother-of-pearl, wood, and glass. Specific items include an ornate silver-tone key, a bronze-tone bottle stopper/pourer, a drafting compass with a green glass bead, a red plastic toy soldier, a mother-of-pearl cross, a Hamsa hand charm, a variety of enamel lapel pins (one marked “ISLE OF WIGHT,” another with “HA”), a tie clip, a small metal cross, a bronze-tone medallion with a bird in relief, and a small knife or letter opener with a decorated wooden sheath and a red tassel.
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