Lot 238 , A collection of assorted 19th century bone sewing implements and objets dart

A collection of assorted 19th century bone sewing implements and objets d'art including Prisoner of War
Estimate £120-180

- a set of bone miniature playing cards, 3 x 1.75cm, housed in a silvered paper box
- cylindrical bone tool case with central ring turned handle and set of six assorted steel picks which screw into it, some discolouration and spotting, height 8cm
- barrel shaped casket housing fifteen miniature dominoes, dominoes 1.25cm, split to the side of the case with dirt specking, 4.5cm
- engine turned bone combined pin cushion and tape measure, with ball feet, puce silk tape fixed in place, pin cushion pad tired, height 6cm
- small engine turned ivory stand, 2.75cm
- barrel shaped case housing twenty miniature dominoes in bone, dominoes 1.2cm, case with chips to one end possibly Prisoner of War, 4.75cm
- simulated? coquilla nut and bone tape measure with slipped Stanhope and 1 inch pink tape, height 4.75cm
- centre spine and base of a bone spool, 3cm
- ring turned bone tape measure with puce tape in inches, height 2cm
- turned bone tape measure with puce tape in inches, repair to end of the tape, chip to lid, 2.5cm
- pierced turned bone casket, fixed in place, 2cm
- small cylindrical turned bone box with stained decoration and initial A to the lid, 2.5cm
- pierced bone tape measure with black tape, some discolouration, 2.5cm
- pierced bone needle case, 9.5cm
- floral and heart carved bone needle case, 8.5cm
- ring turned bone needle case with dotted decoration, 8cm
- similar case with split to one end and no decoration, 8cm
- folding pick carved as a leg, 7cm

All the 4 sets are there. No incomplete sets and one extra blank bone card. ( 52 +1 blank).


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Sold for £220