Unusual Antique Tools

Provenance: “Items from an extensive collection built up over the last 30 years by a serious collector of interesting and important boxes and other unusual sewing tools. This rep...

Provenance: “Items from an extensive collection built up over the last 30 years by a serious collector of interesting and important boxes and other unusual sewing tools. This repre...

Presented is a one-of-a-kind officer's sword with a hand tooled bone grip, unusual pommel, and chain guard with a tag from the famous Phillip Medicus Collection.

(source: Smithsonian Magazine) Often found in shipwrecks, this unusual scientific tool was located in the southern Moroccan desert town of Zagora.

Nice Arts and Crafts style fireplace tool set comprised of a poker, tongs, brush and stand.

Unusual and rare set of Iron "Chicken Claw" fireplace tools.

Unusual Very Heavy Iron Fire Guard This is an unusual Fireguard, the guard is made in Steel, both the frame and the mesh, the guard is hinged allowing the shape to be altered to en...

Unusual folding brass fire guard This is an unusual Fireguard, the guard is all made in Brass, both the frame and the mesh, are brass, it has the added advantage that it folds fl...

Unusual 19th century folding brass fire guard This is an unusual Fireguard, the guard is all made in Brass, both the frame and the mesh are brass, it has the added advantage that...

Unusual 19th century copper fire screen depicting a pike in a lake with foliated decoration supported on twin supports and stylized bullrushes. Dimensions: Height 32 inches Length...

This unusual, antique French fireback has floral and foliate motifs throughout. At the top is a floral crown over a cartouche featuring a rampant lion with crown inside a floral wrea...

WONDERFUL AND FOLKY 19THC IRON FIRE PLACE BACK .WONDERFUL FOLKY PRESENTS AND GREAT CONDITION.THIS IS A GREAT PIECE OF SCULPTURE OR FOLK ART.

An unusual set of 19th Century fire Irons, with bronze handles in the form of eagles all with polished steel implements.

This is an antique French fireback from the 1700’s bearing a Coat of Arms. It has an unusual architectural of moldings in the shape of a center dome with two right angles on either...

Very fine set of four Arts and Crafts wrought iron firetools with ringed rat tail handles, barleytwist shafts and strapwork decorated ends comprising shovel, tongs, poker and ember c...

Unusual English Arts and Crafts hand hammered polished steel firewood container with ball finial, hand riveted construction, embossed bosses and notched feet.

FANTASTIC AND FOLKY 19THC ORIGINAL PAINTED HORSE HEAD HITCHING POST FIREPLACE ANDIRONS.THIS MATCHING PAIR OF CAST IRON HORSE HEAD ANDIRONS ARE IN GREAT CONDITION.

Unusual Antique Victorian quality copper and brass large coal scuttle Having 2 lift up copper lids with ornate brass mounts 2 ornate brass carrying handles brass shovel raised on a s...

A Very Fine Original Set of Early Victorian English Polished Steel Fireplace Fire Tools of unusual compact proportions, complete with their original support dogs.

A very rare and unusual Louis XVI style doré bronze figural fire place fender attributed to E. F. Caldwell and Company NY. The double handelled central Urn with rams heads, having a ...

When dried, gourds became durable natural vessels used as ladles, flasks, or even musical instruments. This unusual tool is comprised of such a dried gourd, perforated with holes for...

A unusual French tooled leather covered and bronze-mounted cabinet with velvet linings.

The condition of this desk is immaculate with no issues and light wear to the dark green/ black leather top. The leather has unusual tooled details as well. The best part of this pi...

A good set of three English 19th C brass fire tools having an unusual and highly decorative rope twist design to handles, shafts and lobed shovel bowl.

This is an unusual antique tool cupboard from Amiens in France.

Unusual table made from old tool caddy secured on stand.

Unusual Regency Mahogany (tooled) leather top 2 tier writing table with turned, faux bamboo, supprts.

An English mahogany pedestal desk of unusual small size, the gilt tooled red leather top above 3 frieze drawers with 3 additional drawers on each side all on a plinth base.

Unusual brass fireside companion set, 5 fireside tools This is a long handled set on its own tall curved stand, shovel, tongs, brush, trivet and poker The stand has twisted look...

Unusual triangular form brass fireplace tool set.

Wonderful pair of unusual antique arts and crafts fire dogs having a wonderful pair of arts and crafts fire dogs decorated with flowers to the tops, leaves to the middle and scrolls ...

The stunning French antique fire place fender is unusual for its ancient mythological style detailing. The work is modelled with a bearded male mask at either end. Both masks are sur...

Unusual hand wrought fireplace tool set consisting of a poker, tong, shovel and stand.

Pair of brass urn top andirons, American, first half of the 20th century, each with urn finial above a ring turned tapering columnar standard with unusual tool rests on the front, on...

It also sports a rather unusual tooled decoration to the baize top and this is very interesting as tooling is usually something reserved for leather tops. 

This is an unusual large Chinese tooled leather trunk that dates to the late 19th or early 20th century.

The leather is hand embroidered. Artisan hand tooled very unusual and rare leather bag. Handmade from thick tan leather.

The leather top has an unusual cut and raised tooled gold edge. A versatile piece, this table will draw attention in any space.

An English, beech shoemaker's last, dating to the Edwardian period of the early 20th century, circa 1910. An elegant, unusual collectible item or craft tool Displays a desirable ...

Tsukiyama Niwa Tsukuriden (chu) Japanese gardens Antique woodblock print book Type: woodblock print book Topic: Nihon Teien (Japanese gardens) Title: Tsukiyama niwa tsukuri den (c...

Signed Miyako Rinsen Meishou Zue Editor: Akisato Ritou Painter: Nishimura Chuwa Date: early 19th century One thread bound album containing dozens of superb 10 inch x 14 inch w...

The book's date and an artist is reported in: IWANAMI(publisher), "KOKUSHO SO MOKUROKU the Japanese classical books catalog of the maximum scale"; 59803 One thread bound album con...

An unusual wrought iron Arts and Crafts period fireplace tool set comprising a poker, shover and holder for the two, all with well made, wrought iron chain-like decorative handles.

Unusual antique fire screen comprising of three glass sections, two of which slide out from the centre section. The end support with central bar format is pleasing to the eye. The ma...

Retaining a Removable Second Tier English c.1700 32.25" high x 44" wide x 15" deep A rare early and impressive wrought iron bar grate with unusual original detachable upper tier...

AFP0512 A set of brass fireplace tools with an unusual repousse and pierced wall-mounted holder.

Unique 3 piece folding Painted Metal Fireplace Screen ( Stand )

Offered here is an Unusual Copper Log Bin on Steel Base

Unusual early 19th century Regency register grate with chamfer brass panels and ornate iron work of C-scrolls and acanthus leaves, circa 1820. Complete with new clay fireback and ir...

Unusual antique Edwardian cast iron combination grate with oval grate in the Art Nouveau manner. circa 1900. Supplied with a replacement fireback and bottom grate. This fireplace...

An unusual antique late 19th century Victorian fireplace surround in beautifully figured Calacatta marble with fluted square capitals above further applied carved detail. Picture...

Large and unusual 19th century cast iron grate with slow arched aperture. Framing the aperture are inset tiles. These tiles are decorated with stylized flowers in orange and dark blu...

Unusual 19th century Victorian Arts & Crafts bedroom fireplace Registered date 1879. This small fireplace bears many similarities to those designed by the British architect Thomas Je...