Gold piquet small tortoiseshell box with lover’s eye. France circa 1870.

Round 18 K gold and tortoiseshell snuffbox with a miniature in gold ‘fixé’ technique, depicting Venus and Cupid. France, 1809. (SHIP TO EU ONLY)

18 K gold and tortoiseshell snuffbox with oval miniature painted on ivory, depicting a woman bust in a square gold frame. Maker marks: Pierre Andrè M...

Round Cylindrical snuffbox, regular, consisting of a base and a removable interlocking lid. On the lid a ring in smooth pink gold, which stops a glass lens. Inside a rare Memento mori decoration painted in oil on a white agate table...

A thin gold necklace with elongated links and a circular lobster clasp holds a pendant brooch with a central body and oblong sides. Made of 14 Kt go...

Box of compasses wood with rosewood veneer from the second mid-19th century, complete with key. In the center of the lid a rhombus-shaped brass medallion is engraved with the name...

Wine Lover's Devotional: 365 Days of Knowledge, Advice, and Lore for the Ardent Aficionado by and Signed by Jonathon Alsop. Published by Quarry Books, 2010. 1st Ed hardcover. For tru...

An early Rochat singing bird box with fusee automaton movement numbered 316 and with stamped three tulip mark in the top plate of the movement. The tortoiseshell case with hinged snuff ( or key) compartment to the rear of the box. The gold lid is finely hand painted in enamel with an excellent alpine scene with a mountain in the background, a lake in the forground. The bezel surrounding the grille through which the bird pops up and down is also of gold. The underside of the lid is also beautifully painted with a posie of flowers on a light blue background. The bird, typically for Rochat, is of a large size for a singing bird box and the grille is typical of Rochat's work rather than Bruguier's. The top of the case with a fine border made from gold. The key wound chain driven fusee movement working the bellows & driving multiple cams that on sliding the operating lever to the front, the lid opens and the bird pops up, sings its head off and 1/ turns its head from left to right, 2/ flaps the wings and finally 3/ pirouettes left and right. On completion of his 20 second performance he drops through the superbly pierced silver gilt grille and the lid closes after him. All fusee movements allow the bird a longer performance than the later spring barrel movements but more importantly one extra manipulation, the movement of the head from left to right. Frères Rochat...

VINTAGE Optometrist Eye Chart Light Box Cabinet, eye exam .. Tested and working, could use re-wiring..