Lot 223 , A group of Victorian treen sewing accessories

A group of Victorian treen sewing accessories including a pair of boxwood winding spool clamps
Estimate £150-200

- pair of clamps with turned ivory finials, one with chipping to the outer rim of the spool, the other with a crack through the top of the clamp, height 17.5cm
- Mauchline ware clamp lacking upper structure, printed with the Bank of England, overall 18.5cm, a little faded
- Mauchline ware needle case with one steel tool fixed inside, printed with Victoria Hotel and Kimberley Terrace, Yarmouth and also Manufactured Abroad, 10.5cm
- small wood and steel tape measure with brass crank handle and pink tape in inches, with two large rim chips, diameter 2.5cm
- turned rosewood needle case with brass lid, stamped Wheeler & Wilsons Sewing Machines, and six division compartment, height 6.75cm, minor dents around the edges
- turned rosewood egg shaped casket, 6.5cm, thread rather stiff
- combined novelty tape measure and pin cushion modelled as a turretted house with printed and stained decoration, rather faded, tape measure has lost its tape or it is stuck inside, thimble is missing from its holder, pad to pin cushion faded, width 6.5cm height 4.75cm
- Victorian combined thread case and thimble holder with acorn finial, tiny dents and a split to the ribbed side, houses a 2cm tall bone thimble which is chipped, height overall 8cm


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Sold for £130