Bidspirit auction | An Assortment of Antique and

An Assortment of Antique and Vintage Collectibles Including a Stave-Built Wooden Tub, Portrait Miniature, and Dunlop Tyre Pressure Gauge - An assortment of antique and vintage decorative objects and collectibles. The collection is led by a large wooden stave-built tub featuring integral handles and a metal reinforcement band. Included is a mantel clock with a rectangular metal case and a white dial featuring Roman numerals. A portrait miniature of oval form depicts a gentleman in early 19th-century attire, set within a gilt-metal frame under glass. The lot also contains a long, ornately turned decorative smoking pipe with multi-coloured sections and a carved bowl. A rectangular wooden box with carved foliate decoration is present. A Dunlop tyre pressure gauge No. 6, calibrated for 6-50 lbs, is housed in its original yellow cylindrical storage tube. Additional items include a small black leather-bound book titled Hymns A&M, two carved and painted wooden totem pole figurines, and a circular metal souvenir dish for Cyprus marked The Island of Venus. The collection further comprises a brass circular ashtray, a metal hip flask, various small metal tins including a gramophone needle tin marked Loud Tone, and several coins or medallions. A small framed landscape painting and an oval metal dish with an elephant figure are also included. Wooden tub: approximately 25 cm diameter Smoking pipe: approximately 42 cm length Mantel clock: approximately 12 cm height.