Bidspirit auction | An Assortment of Vintage and

An Assortment of Vintage and Antique Curiosities including Scientific Instruments, Advertising Tins, and Decorative Objects - A diverse collection of vintage and antique items encompassing scientific instruments, advertising memorabilia, and various curiosities. The scientific section includes several brass-cased pocket compasses, one featuring a paper dial and another with a hinged lid. A modern liquid-filled orienteering compass is mounted on a clear plastic base with map scales marked 0.5 Mile, 1:63360, and 1:25000. Also present is a map measurer or opisometer with a dial marked Made in Germany, a pair of brass drafting dividers, and a handheld magnifying glass with a dark frame. Advertising items consist of several gramophone needle tins: two His Master's Voice (HMV) tins with the Nipper dog logo (one red, one yellow marked HALF TONE), a black tin for 200 highly refined STEEL NEEDLES marked City vs Chelsea, and a green Columbia Needles tin stating EACH PLAYS 10 RECORDS. A small red leatherette case is stamped must de Cartier. Decorative and religious objects include a wooden crucifix with bone or mother-of-pearl inlays and a metal corpus, an ornate silver-toned miniature picture frame, a metal animal figurine, and a set of metal cocktail picks with figural terminals. Further items include a variety of metal thimbles, mother-of-pearl handled tools such as a button hook and a carved stylus, a small black coin purse with an inset lens, a miniature harmonica, a metal tool stamped MANDOLINE, a brass measure, and a portion of a folding wooden ruler.