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   AC  25013  FABULOUS ARTS AND CRAFTS SOLID COPPER CASKET.
                      THICK HEAVY GAUGE PLATE, HAMMERED SURFACE, RIVETS.
                       TOP LID MARKED "BRIDGE" IN BOLD LETTERS WITH CARD
                      SUIT ACCENTS.  A WONDERFUL TABLE TOP BRIDGE BOX.
                      VERY MASCULINE, WOULD WORK NICELY FOR CIGARS.  A
                      PRODUCT OF THE ENGLISH ARTS AND CRAFTS MOVEMENT,
                      CIRCA 1890-1910.  PROBABLY MADE IN THE COTSWOLDS
                      OR CORNWALL. SUPERB QUALITY AND CONDITION.  $265.00

  AC  23992  BRIDGE OR PLAYING CARD BOX, SOLID BRASS.
                      HANDMADE ARTS AND CRAFTS ERA PIECE, REPOUSSE
                      DECORATION WITH STIPPLING.  ABOUT 6" TALL, REMOVABLE
                      LID, HOLDS 2 DECKS.  UNUSUAL WOOD LINER LIFTS CARDS UP
                      WITH LEATHER TAB.  FOUR RAISED STYLIZED FEET.
                      VERY UNUSUAL CONFIGURATION, CIRCA 1900-1910.   $245.00

  AC 30538 BRONZE CASKET, GREAT GOTHIC ARTS AND CRAFTS
           LOOK, 5 1/2" WIDE, 4 1/4" DEEP, 3 1/2" TALL.  NUMEROUS EXPOSED
           RIVETS, STRAP HINGES, FAUX LOCK, FABRIC LINED - FADED WINE
           COLOR.  WONDERFUL UNTOUCHED PATINA ON THE BRONZE.
           ATTRACTIVE ARTS & CRAFTS, MISSION, STICKLEY ACCENT PIECE.
           CIRCA 1890-1900.  SIGNED "MET" ON UNDERSIDE.  A HEAVY
           SUBSTANTIAL PIECE IN EXCELLENT, ORIGINAL CONDITION.  $195.00

  AC 22995  JUGENDSTIL CASKET, PRESSED METAL, HAMMERED AND
         RIVETED, BRASS HARDWARE, 10 1/2" X 8 1/2" X 7".  SECESSIONIST WITH
         MACKINTOSH ACCENT.  GREAT ADDITION TO AN ARTS AND CRAFTS
         MISSION DECOR.  CIRCA 1910.  VERY NICE ORIGINAL CONDITION.  $195.00

   AC  23736  ARTS AND CRAFTS HAMMERED PEWTER COVERED
        WOOD CIGAR BOX, 6" X 8" X 3".  DECORATIVE PATTERN WITH 4 ENAMEL
        STONE INLAYS.  WORD "CIGARS" IN ARTS & CRAFTS TYPE LETTERING.
        INTERESTING HAND MADE PIECE, CIRCA 1900-1910.  BRASS HINGES, VERY
        GOOD ORIGINAL CONDITION.   $145.00

   AW  27727  GOTHIC CHURCH DOCUMENT BOX, WALL
                          CUPBOARD WHICH CAME FROM A CHURCH VESTRY.
                          DARK OAK, 11 1/2" X 5" X 8" HIGH.  $165.00

      AC 28361  ARTS & CRAFTS PEWTER TRINKET BOX, 10 1/2" X 4 1/2"
                 X 2 1/2".  HAMMERED PEWTER OVER WOOD, REMOVABLE COVER WITH
                 REPOSSE IMAGES OF STYLIZED LIONS AND WORDS "HENCE FORTH".
                 EXCELLENT, ORIGINAL CONDITION.  VERY ATTRACTIVE AND UNUSUAL
                 PIECE.  $145.00

  AC 22797  ART NOUVEAU PEWTER BOX, 8" X 6" X 2", GORGEOUS
                      REPOUSSE DECORATION ON LID AND SIDE CORNERS.
                      VELVET TYPE LINING.  AN ATTRACTIVE DRESSER OR DESK
                      TOP BOX.  CIRCA LATE 19TH CENTURY, CONTINENTAL
                      EUROPEAN ORIGIN.  GREAT WITH AN ARTS AND CRAFTS
                      DECOR.  was $125.00 Sale $95.00

   AC 22972 ART NOUVEAU PEWTER TRINKET OR JEWEL CASKET, ABOUT
         3" X 2" X 2".  HINGED TOP, SATIN LINING,   CIRCA LATE 1800'S.  $55.00

  AC 24945 PEWTER COVERED LETTER BOX, CERAMIC STONE INLAY,
         9 1/2" WIDE, 5" TALL, 3" DEEP WITH 3 COMPARTMENTS INSIDE.  GREAT ARTS
         AND CRAFTS PERIOD PIECE.  NICE ADDITION TO ANY STICKLEY, MISSION
         OFFICE DECOR.  EXCELLENT CONDITION, CIRCA 1900.  $195.00

  AC 10357  ROUND BRASS TWO PIECE BOX, 3" IN DIAMETER, 1 3/4" TALL.
               BEAUTIFULLY EMBOSSED WITH A WILLIAM MORRIS LOOKING DESIGN.
               PATTERN POPULAR FROM 1890-1910.  FABRIC LINING IN BOTH PIECES.
               MADE IN ENGLAND DURING THE ARTS & CRAFTS MOVEMENT.  VERY
               ATTRACTIVE VICTORIAN DRESSER PIECE.  Sale $68.00

  AC   24422  C.W.J. BISCUIT TIN, ART NOUVEAU, ARTS AND CRAFTS STYLE,
        3" DIAMETER, 4" TALL.  ORGANIC DECORATION, HAMMERED SURFACE,
        RIVETS AND STRAPS.  ALL THE A&C ELEMENTS.  PROBABLY A SAMPLE SIZE,
        CIRCA 1920.  EXCELLENT, ORIGINAL CONDITION. $68.00

  AC   21864  HUNTLEY & PALMER, ARTS AND CRAFTS BISCUIT TIN,
                     ABOUT 4" DIAMETER, 5" TALL INCLUDING REMOVABLE
                     LID.  HAMMERED AND EMBOSSED METAL, VERY GOOD
                     ORIGINAL CONDITION.  MADE IN 1924.  $85.00

     AC 23656  JACOBS BISCUIT TIN, FABULOUS ART NOUVEAU
                      DECORATION, 10 1/2" LONG, 4 1/2" WIDE, 2 1/4" TALL.  STYLIZED
                      FLOWERS, WHIP LASH TENDRILS.  A ROMANTIC ALLEGORICAL
                      VIGNETTE IN FULL COLOR.  A WONDERFUL EARLY IRISH ART
                      NOUVEAU PIECE WITH JUGENDSTIL INFLUENCE.  SUPERB
                      ORIGINAL CONDITION ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT.  PROBABLY
                      1900-1910 VINTAGE.  $185.00

  AC  24553  ARTS & CRAFTS VASE SOLD ORIGINALLY AS A TIN BISCUIT
                      BOX, 7" TALL, GREAT COMBINATION OF ART NOUVEAU AND
                      ARTS & CRAFTS DECORATIVE ELEMENTS, ESPECIALLY
                      NEWLYN.  COPPERIZED FINISH ON TIN.  BOTTOM MARKED
                      "THIS TIN IS MADE WATER TIGHT FOR USE AS FLOWER
                      VASE CLEAN WITH SOFT DUSTER".  INCLUDES ORIGINAL
                      TOP LID.  VERY GOOD CONDITION, VERY UNUSUAL PIECE,
                      CIRCA 1905. $95.00

   AC 28065  ARTS AND CRAFTS VASE SOLD ORIGINALLY AS A BISCUIT TIN,
                  7" TALL, GREAT COMBINATION OF ART NOUVEAU AND ARTS & CRAFTS
                  DECORATIVE ELEMENTS, ESPECIALLY NEWLYN.  COPPERIZED
                  FINISH ON TIN.  BOTTOM MARKED "THIS TIN IS MADE WATER
                  TIGHT FOR USE AS FLOWER VASE CLEAN WITH SOFT DUSTER".
                  INCLUDES ORIGINAL TOP LID.  VERY GOOD CONDITION, VERY
                  UNUSUAL PIECE, CIRCA 1905.  $95.00

  AC 26740  VINTAGE CADBURY ART NOUVEAU CANDY TIN.
                      CASKET SHAPE, 5" X 7" X 1 3/4", HINGED TOP, 4 BALL FEET.
                      ATTRACTIVE, ORIGINAL CONDITION, MINOR AGE WEAR.
                      CIRCA 1900.  $85.00

   AC 26741  ART NOUVEAU PRESSED TIN HINGED TOP BOX
                      OR CASKET, 10 1/4" X 4 1/4" X 2 1/2" TALL.  GORGEOUS FULL
                      COLOR IMAGE OF A VICTORIAN LADY.  HAS A JUGENDSTIL
                      FLAVOR.  VERY NICE, ORIGINAL CONDITION, CIRCA
                      1890-1910.  FOUND IN ENGLAND.  $175.00

   AC 30223  BRASS TRINKET BOX, REPOUSSE DOG IMAGE ON LID,
                 HAMMERED SURFACE, RAISED DECOR ON ALL SIDES.  APPROXIMATELY
                 6" X 4 1/4"X 2 1/4"TALL SITTING ON 4 BALL FEET.  WOOD LINED.
                 ATTRACTIVE ARTS & CRAFTS PERIOD PIECE.  CIRCA 1900-1920.
                 PROBABLY GERMAN, SIGNED BUT MARK NOT CLEAR.  VERY NICE.  $185.00

  AW* 30427  ENGLISH OAK TRINKET BOX, 5" X 5" X 2 1/2".  INTRICATELY
              CARVED ON ALL SIDES, HINGED TOP LIST HAS BRASS INLAID ORGANIC
              IMAGE.  BRASS HARDWARE.  PROBABLY VICTORIAN ERA, CIRCA LATE
              1800'S.  EXCELLENT CONDITION.  $68.00

   AC 25265  BRASS TRINKET BOX, 3 1/2" X 4 1/2" X 2 1/4" TALL, WOOD
         LINED.  ATTRACTIVE ARTS & CRAFTS LOOK.  MARKED "GERMANY" WITH
         EAGLE SYMBOL.  VERY GOOD CONDITION, CIRCA 1900-1920.  $68.00

      AC 30235  PEWTER TRINKET BOX, 6 1/2" X 4 1/4"X 1 1/2", HINGED
                 TOP LID WITH ORGANIC DECOR.  REPOUSSE FLOWER, SEED, LEAF.
                 SIGNED "MODOR".  PROBABLY FOR DESK OR DRESSING TABLE,
                 FRENCH ART NOUVEAU PERIOD.  VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH A
                 FEW EDGE BUMPS.  $125.00

  ACb 30549  ART NOUVEAU, TRINKET BOX.  HAMMERED COPPERIZED
         SURFACE WITH REPOUSSE ARTS & CRAFTS DECOR, 6 1/2" WIDE, 5" DEEP,
         2" TALL.  HINGED TOP LID, FOUR BALL FEET.  UNSIGNED.  POSSIBLY A
         CIGAR OR CANDY GIFT BOX.  CIRCA 1900-1920.  EXCELLENT CONDITION.
         $78.00

   AC 27903  ARTS & CRAFTS WOODEN TRINKET BOX, COPPER TOP
                      WITH REPOUSSE DECOR, RUSKIN CERAMIC INLAY, 4" X 4" X 4
                      1/2" TALL, HINGED TOP, BRASS HARDWARD, WONDERFUL
                      PATINA.  EXCELLENT CONDITION, CIRCA 1900.  $135.00



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