Christmas is coming:
Needle-case in the form of a locomotive. Russian Bone-carving, 1840s.
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Artifact guild of shoemakers, Netherlands, ca 1675 - 1700. A leather fish shaped drinking horn (?).
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Chinese carved coral covered vase, 19th century.
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Chinese snuff bottle, made of coral snuff and Tung Chun Jin in the Qing Dynasty.
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Double barrelled pistol with singing bird. Frères Rochat, Switzerland, 1800-1825. Gold, enamel, half-pearls, diamonds.
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Antique carved red overlay on snowflake glass snuff bottle- of sloped form, with design of a dog to the front and a hawk with snake to verso- later red glass stopper, wood stand.
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and the pièce de résistance:
Vintage hot water bottle - little red riding hood.
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In a properly ordered universe, I would be able to buy that for my Mum.
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