Bidspirit auction | A Collection of Victorian and

A Collection of Victorian and Edwardian Style Desk Accessories and Miscellanea in a Wooden Chest - This lot comprises an assortment of vintage desk and personal accessories housed within a small hinged wooden chest featuring a red velvet-lined interior. The collection includes a silver-toned metal desk instrument, likely a combination dip pen or propelling pencil, decorated with engine-turned bands and terminating in a large multi-faceted clear crystal finial. Two wax seals are included: one featuring a turned wooden handle with a circular brass matrix, and another smaller example with a reddish-stained wooden handle. Also present is a portable brass folding postal balance, which is marked with the inscriptions POSTAL BALANCE, REGISTERED, and MADE IN GERMANY. Two silver-toned metal pounce pots or ink sanders are included, one with a stepped domed lid and the other with a perforated top. Further items in the lot include two magnifying glasses, one with a ribbed wooden handle and a smaller all-metal version. The collection also contains a French Kalmine 30 Cachets medicine tin, a metal plate embossed with the word Lebewohl, and a pocket watch with a case featuring New York imagery. Additional decorative objects consist of a small perfume bottle with gold-toned filigree detailing, a miniature black fabric purse with floral embroidery, a black-glazed bird figurine with a yellow beak, and a multicoloured floral glass or ceramic knob.