Set of 3 Iron Alligator Nutcrackers, England, Early 20th Century

ABOUT An original steel nutcracker with turned wooden base and handle. Shown with life size hand model for scale. CREATOR Unknown. DATE OF MANUFACTURE c.1940. MATERI...

Very rare early 20th century antique Black Forest hand carved wood nutcracker with book. These particular pieces often feature anthropomorphic figures with exaggerated features, and this one is no exception. The figure's mouth opens to crack nuts! Black Forest nutcrackers...

A lovely crystal liquor set, made by the famous brand Moser Karlsbad. The glasses have a beautiful green gradient colour and gold colored accents. The matching decanter makes this ...

A beautifully designed and very high quality 'Tantalus'. c.1910 Possibly made by Betjemann & Sons, renowned for their craftsmanship during this period. Expertly crafted from brass w...

A vintage Bugatti chrome radiator grille decanter made in England in the 1970s, bearing the red enamel radiator badge. The decanter is equipped with a “slot” in the casing at the rear allowing visibility of the contents with baize cloth to the base. The finish is of a very high quality and heavily chromed throughout. Ruddspeed of Worthing made a limited range of these famous radiator grill decanters in the 1960’s. They included: Mercedes, Bugatti (with black & chrome grills), Jaguar, Rolls Royce with flat screw radiator cap and one that features the Spirit of Ecstacy...

A vintage Bugatti chrome radiator grille decanter made in England in the 1970s, bearing the red enamel radiator badge. The decanter is equipped with a “slot” in the casing at the rear allowing visibility of the contents with baize cloth to the base. The finish is of a very high quality and heavily chromed throughout. Ruddspeed of Worthing made a limited range of these famous radiator grill decanters in the 1960’s. They included: Mercedes, Bugatti (with black & chrome grills), Jaguar, Rolls Royce with flat screw radiator cap and one that features the Spirit of Ecstacy...

Early cast iron dog nutcracker. This nutcracker is a very fine casting and contains a lot of detail. It has a copper jappaned finish. The dogs jaw is op...

Nice fully functioning nutcracker, tight mechanics. Impressed or burnished markers marking on inside edge.

Raise a toast to both function and Edwardian charm with this early 20th-century English corkscrew. Its handle steals the show, cast in brass as the proud profile of an English Pointe...

Gray glazed stoneware beer stein with a curved ceramic handle with a domed pewter lid with a pewter thumb-lift. Transfer printed in blue is a scene of a soldier, a religious Jew, scales on a table, and a fox. Titled “Trau keinem Fuchs auf gruner Heid, und keinem Jud bei seinem Eid” ("Trust no Fox on his green Meadow and no Jew on his Oath”), Germany, 1920s. The scene shown is of an argument between a soldier and a Jewish judge. The Jew raised his hand showing the soldier he has to take an oath to tell the truth. The hair of the judge turns up like the horns of Satan. The soldier is accusing a fox of killing his hare, and the fox is shown sneaking away, for he is probably responsible for the death of the hare. The judges table...