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Vintage Brass Binnacle Item number: 9227 Date: circa early to mid 20th century Price: NZ$125.00 Small vintage ship’s binnacle in gimbal frame. As well as N,W, E and S, it has Japanese or Chinese figured equivalents. Brass body and frame, oil filled. Works well, but has bubbles in the oil so needs a top–up. Screw heads in top surface are probably the way in. Measures 92 mm diameter and 32.5 mm deep. No maker’s names. Looks about WWII period. |
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Large Bronze Spigot, Sprinkler Head Item number: C11642 Date: circa mid 20th century Price: NZ$60.00 Victory brand, large heavy bronze spigot. The screw part faces down, rather than at the end of the tube, and the head of the spigot has a pattern of perforated holes around it. No hole at the very end. Whole item measures 21.5 cm long and 11.5 cm high (8.1/2 inches by 4.1/2 inches). Excellent condition, just dusty. |
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Vintage Brass Lantern, Electrified Item number: C10806 Date: early 20th century Price: NZ$450.00 Lovely old brass railway or ship’s lantern, once a kerosene lamp, but has now been fitted with electricity. Bevelled glass panels. Measures 35 cm high, and the base is 15 cm square (13.3/4 inches by 6 inches square). Has been used as a ceiling light, and comes with a brass ceiling-rose hanger. Excellent condition. Polishes up beautifully. |
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Art Nouveau Copper and Brass Tray Item number: C12389 Date: very early 20th century Price: NZ$135.00 Stylish Art Nouveau period tray – the handles are brass and the tray is copper with the centre oval being a beaten pattern. Tray measures 61 cm long and 30.5 cm deep (24 inches by 12 inches). Excellent condition. |
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Art Nouveau Copper Lidded Jug, J. S. & S., 1904 Item number: C12199 Date: 1904 Price: NZ$88.00 Solid copper lidded jug by well–known and sought after English maker, J.S. & Sons (Joseph Sankey & Sons). Arts and Crafts style with beaten Art Nouveau motifs to the sides. Hammered central lid panel. The lid has become detached at the hinge, and there are a few shallow dents, including one to the footrim. Nice jug though, would look great with flowers. Measures 20 cm high and the base is 13 cm diameter (8 inches and 5.1/8 inches). Very attractive. Shown here uncleaned. Would polish up well if needed. |
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Brass Quaker Man Bell Item number: C11788 Date: early 20th century Price: NZ$52.00 Heavy brass small hand bell, in the shape of a Quaker gentleman with his high hat and a bow at his neck. This is apparently Benjamin Beale, who in 1753 invented the Bathing Machine on wheels, for invalids at the seaside. Measures 91 mm high and 60 mm wide (3.5/8 inches by 2.3/8 inches). Excellent condition. Early half of 20th century. British. |
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Vintage Brass Vesta Case, Book Shape Item number: 8738 Date: early 20th century Price: NZ$115.00 Match safe or Vesta case (for keeping vesta wax or other matches for your pocket). Opens both ends, springs still very good. Striker is the pages of the book. Faint hand–scratched initials in the centre panel. Measures 45 mm by 33 mm by 13 mm thick. Excellent condition. |
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Brass Bell, Crinolin Lady Item number: 8507 Date: 1930s to 1950s Price: NZ$34.00 Vintage brass hand bell in the shape of a woman in high bonnet and crinoline. Bell measures 100 mm high and 54 mm diameter. Rings well – currently has a bolt as the clapper, but would be better with a small lead fishing weight. (I’ll put one in if I come across one in the near future). Circa 1930s–50s. |
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Ormolu Two Branch Wall Light Item number: C11388 Date: early 20th century Price: NZ$125.00 Classic torchere design wall light – two branch, torchere style. Nice detailing to design. Takes bayonet bulbs, small diameter base. Ormolu (gilded brass), made in England. Measures about 17.25 cm high (to top of bayonet fitting) and 21.5 cm wide. Excellent condition. Wired for 240V, New Zealand (or English or Australian etc.). Not for Europe or the States without rewiring. |
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Brass Ladies Legs Nutcrackers Item number: C11638 Date: early 20th century Price: NZ$110.00 Vintage nutcrackers in the shape of a woman’s legs and torso – the nuts are cracked in the lower torso(!). Item measures 11.5 cm long and 3.1 cm wide when closed. It needs a good buffing up – and there is a hole in the side of one thigh (apparently the last owner had it mounted sideways as a door knocker). Otherwise very good condition. |
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Edwardian Period Brass Nutcrackers Item number: C10940 Date: circa 1901–1910 Price: NZ$85.00 Circa 1901–1910, these brass nutcrackers have an old couple supporting each other on the top. Footed, so it can stand on its side. Measures 142 mm long by 16 mm by 73 mm. Excellent condition. |
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Brass Inspection Porthole Item number: C10849 Date: probably early half of 20th century Price: NZ$250.00 Old solid brass very heavy inspection porthole. The lid hinges open. No glass. Bottom unpolished. Great decorative item. Measures 23 cm diameter and 14 cm thick with all bolts in place. Very heavy, domestic NZ market only, otherwise expect hefty cost of airfreight. Would look great in a massive front door. |
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Pair Triangular Brass Ships Lanterns Item number: C10831 Date: late 19th to early 20th century Price: NZ$500.00 Old pair of ship’s lanterns, made to be mounted on a wall – they have hook brackets at the rear and carry handles at the top. Brass with glass panels. Spirit burners inside, and corrugated white reflectors behind the lamps. No glass chimneys. They each measure 30 cm high and 16.5 cm wide with a front projection of about 17.5 cm including the rear brackets. Excellent condition. |
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Vintage Copper Kettle, Ships Kettle Item number: C10488 Date: early 20th century Price: NZ$65.00 Old round copper kettle – perfect camping kettle or use as ship’s kettle. Measures 20 cm diameter and about 15 cm high. Very good condition – just needs elbow grease to clean it up. |
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Georgian Brass Ejector Candlestick Item number: C10590 Date: early 19th century Price: NZ$65.00 Single brass candlestick, Georgian period, with good aged natural patina. Very early 19th century. measures 16.5 cm high and base is 7.25 cm square. Ejector has seized up, probably could be freed. Otherwise excellent condition. |
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Shoe Pin Cushion, Victorian, Brass Item number: C10048 Date: 19th century Price: NZ$78.00 Delightful little Victorian brass shoe – it has been a pin cushion, but the cushion bit is now missing – easy enough to make a new one. Nice detail, right down to the hob nails underneath the boot. Measures 5 cm high and 9 cm long. Some lifting to the brass on the upper, and possibly an old repair to the heel. A real cutie. |
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Spelter Plaque of G. Verdi Item number: C10038 Date: early 20th century Price: NZ$165.00 Round plaque made from spelter to look as bronze bearing the head in relief of G. Verdi, the composer. Plaque measures 15.5 cm diameter. Hanging loop on rear. Excellent condition. |
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Japanese Bronze Ovoid Vase, Signed Item number: C9732 Date: early 20th century? Price: NZ$365.00 Beautiful classic shape – simple and perfect. Bronze vase, signed underneath (see photo). The sides are beautifully patinated, and have some crimson colour streaks. Heavy piece, a superb vase. Quite small, measures 16 cm high and 7.25 cm diameter at the shoulders. Has a small short scratch mark on one side, otherwise perfect. |
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Victorian Brass Lincoln Imp Candlesticks Item number: C9350 Date: mid to late 19th century? Price: NZ$225.00 Pair of Lincoln Imp brass Victorian candlesticks. Oval bases, with the Imp leaning against the sides of the stem – one leg straight, the other bent across his knee. Imp has horns and a furry body. Candlesticks measure 14 cm high and 10 cm by 7.5 cm at the base. Very good condition. |
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Toasting Fork with Kewpie Doll Finial Item number: C10305 Date: circa 1920s Price: NZ$85.00 1920s brass toasting fork with an unusual handle decoration of a brass kewpie doll. Fork measures 48 cm long and is in excellent condition. |
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Brass Boat Propeller, Unused Item number: C8665 Date: mid 20th century Price: NZ$180.00 Vintage brass boat propeller, unused, approx. 17 cm diameter. Three blade, stamped “12 x 14 R.H.” Excellent condition. Use it for the boat or for decor. Solid brass. |
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Hughes Pocket Balance Scales Item number: C5890 Date: early to mid 20th century Price: NZ$28.00 A brass–faced vintage Hughes Patent Pocket Balance, brass face, metal back. Measures 23cm long from top of ring to bottom of hook. Face is 3cm wide. Some paint missing and mild surface corrosion to rear and scratch on brass, but in good, sound condition. Weighs to 30lbs. |
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Arts and Crafts Brass Tea Caddy Item number: 3603 Date: very early 20th century Price: NZ$65.00 A hammered brass, lidded tea caddy — Arts and Crafts period. Has maker’s stamp of “Made in England. J.S & S. Solid Brass” underneath. Measures 10.4 cm wide by 7.5 cm deep by 12.3 cm high. Basically in very good condition — has a few small indentations, including on top rim. Early 20th century. I haven’t cleaned it quite properly, which are the darker patches in the photos. |
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Bronze Tray, Made from a Wedding Invitation Plate Item number: C7690 Date: 1945 Price: NZ$55.00 A little 14.5 cm by 11 cm Tiffany bronze tray — it is made from the original printing plate for a wedding invitation (an engraved invitation). As the writing is reversed for printing, if you put the copper to a mirror it reads “Lieutenant and Mrs Frank Roberts Mead have the honour of announcing the marriage of their daughter, Barbara Cook to Major John Goodman Hodges, Royal Army Service Corps, Tuesday, the twenty sixth of June, One thousand, nineteen hundred and forty five. Holy Trinity Church, London, England.” A June wedding in 1945. The tray has a maker’s mark stamped under the rim “Tiffany & Co., Makers, Bronze.w.” Needs a polish, but in excellent condition. A lovely memento. |
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Pair of Brass Austrian Secessionist Candlesticks Item number: C8582 Date: 1890s–1910 Price: NZ$235.00 Stylish pair of Austrian Secessionists Movement candle holders — square section stems with detachable sconces, geometric base with swag decoration. They are stamped under the base with “GES. GESCH”. They measure 18 cm high, by 16 cm by 13 cm. Circa 1890s to 1910. Excellent condition. |
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Three Matching Brass Candelsticks Item number: 5136 Date: early to mid 20th century Price: NZ$75.00 Wouldn’t these look good on a long dining table! Brass candlesticks with octagonal bases, and cotton reel stems — unusually, three in this set. They each measure 24.5 cm high and 9.5 cm diameter at the base. They have felt underneath, so would date early to mid 20th century. Condition is very good — there is a little minor unevenness to the top drip catchers, and the felt underneath is speckly on one. They could good do with a good polish also. |
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Brass and Iron Early Fender Trivet Stand Item number: C4757 Date: 19th century Price: NZ$119.00 A 19th century trivet stand, made of iron with a shaped brass top — designed to slot over the iron fender of a Victorian or Georgian fire grate, it was for keeping pots or kettles warm near the fire. It has a wooden (oak) handle so it could be picked up without burning the hand. Measures 36 cm long including the handle, and 17 cm wide at its widest point. It is 13 cm high. Basically in very good condition, with a chip off the wooden handle (actually it is charred away). The iron base is a bit rough feeling, but is solid and complete, with hammered rivet construction A lovely item from the days of tea in front of the fire. |
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Old Brass Hanging Counterweight Item number: C8772 Date: late 19th century Price: NZ$30.00 Heavy old weight — possibly a counterweight for something, or an individual weight for a hanging on a scales arm. I think it is lead internally. Outside is either brass or bronze. Weight measures 9.3 cm high and about 6 .7 cm diameter. The hook attached is a further 7 cm long. Very good original vintage condition — nicely used with rough underneath. Slightly out of round. Quaint item. Would make a great small doorstop. Weighs about 1.4 kg. |
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Copper Folding Camper’s Candle Lamp Item number: C8524 Date: early to mid 20th century Price: NZ$85.00 Copper camping lamp which folds down to stow away in your pack. Made to hold candles. Has solid back plate, and three sides which are made to have thin perspex (only one panel of this now remains). When assembled measures 21.5 cm high by 10 cm square. |
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Arts and Crafts Style Copper Teapot Item number: 2524 Date: early to mid 20th century Price: NZ$32.00 A vintage teapot — made in copper, with angled cane-covered handle, and hammered decorative band to body. Very Arts and Crafts in shape and style, with plastic knob to lid. However, it is a little light in weight to be true Arts & Crafts period, so could possibly date from the mid 20th century, say 1950s or 60s. Measures 28 cm handle to spout and stands 15.5 cm high. Excellent condition. |
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Copper Crested Dish, Italian Item number: 5134 Date: early to mid 20th century Price: NZ$45.00 Unknown object — looks like a sort of chafing dish, but has no liner. It is similiar to those pots that hotels used to use to clear away cigar/cigarette ash. It is made in copper, with three brass paw feet, and a further brass paw which acts as an opener for the lid. There is a screw-in fitting to the rear, presumably where a handle was fitted. The hinged lid has a gadrooned edge, and the lid of the dish has a crest engraved into the surface. Two eagles with lion’s bodies flanking and supporting a crowned shield. Underneath is stamped “Made in Italy”. Item measures 16 cm diameter and about 6.5 cm high (not including the paw lid opener). Basically in very good condition — a bit dirty. |
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Brass Steam Gauge Valve, Vintage Item number: C5944 Date: late 19th to early 20th century Price: NZ$80.00 A steam gauge, brass cased with a thermometer (reads in Fahrenheit) and steel core from screw fitting to base. Measures 16.5 cm long and around 2.5 cm diameter, with larger hexagonal nut base. Very good condition. |
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Pair of Floral Motif Drawer Handles Item number: C8515 Date: mid 20th century Price: NZ$20.00 Pretty brass plated (probably) drop-handle style drawer pulls. Art Nouveau/Edwardian style with central flower and leaves. Handles measure 8.5 cm wide and 2.6 cm high. |
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Pair of Brass Drop Handle Drawer Pulls Item number: C8520 Date: early 20th century Price: NZ$15.00 Pair of brass-plated geometric-style drawer handles; 8.7 cm wide by 2.7 cm high. They need a good polish, but are quite sound. |
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Ornate Single Drawer Handle Item number: C8519 Date: mid 20th century Price: NZ$10.00 An Art Nouveau style heavy cast metal drawer handle, with drop handle and patterned back plate. Measures 8 cm by 5.2 cm. Excellent unused condition. |
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Pair of Drawer Handles, Classical Style Item number: C8518 Date: mid to late 20th century Price: NZ$20.00 Pair of brass-plated fairly modern drawer handles, made in the early 20th century style of drop handle, and swag with roses. Handles measure 9.4 cm wide and 5.2 cm high. Very sound condition. |
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Set of Six Brass Drop Handle Cupboard or Drawer Pulls Item number: C8522 Date: mid 20th century Price: NZ$45.00 Cupboard or drawer handles, with solid backplate with drop handle in cut-work pattern. Measures 7.6 cm by 3.8 cm. Set of six, with five of them still in their original plastic bags. Marked with a sticker on the rear ‘Made in Hong Kong’. However, these are quite some years old — from a carpenter’s workshop. |
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Five Brass Bamboo Pattern Drawer Handles Item number: C8516 Date: mid 20th century Price: NZ$50.00 Five drawer or cupboard handles, solid brass in the shape of bamboo stalks. Each is 7.6 cm wide and stand out from the wood surface 2.5 cm. Excellent conditon. Four of them still in their original plastic covering. |