American Antiques & Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a circa late nineteenth century country store scale tray. A scale tray of this vintage is hard to find! The tray is made of nickeled brass, and has a small applied plate with a serial number that would have matched up with the scale...

ARTIFACT: Circa 1870's - 1880's Cast Iron Burglar Alarm Cannon. This simple device made of cast iron and wood, was set up with a black powder charge and rigged up to go off if an exterior door was opened to awake the persons inside the house and alert...

ARTIFACT: Cool mid-late 19th century weaving shuttle, hand carved in the "canoe"style VINTAGE: Circa mid-late 19th Century SIZE: 11-1/2" x 2" at the widest x about 1" tall CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Hand-carved wood...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1900 "San-O-La" brand claw foot bathtub cage-type soap holder by the Art Brass Company of New York. The holder is in nickeled brass. VINTAGE: Circa 1900. SIZE: Approximately 4-1/4" in height and 4-3/4" in...

ARTIFACT: Beautiful, large mid-late 18th century shoe buckles in sheet silver, bronze, and steel. VINTAGE: Circa middle to late 18th century. SIZE: Approximately 3" x 2-5/8" x 1-3/16". CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Sheet silver, bronze, and steel...

ARTIFACT: Beautiful circa 1770's - 1780's shoe buckles in coin silver and steel. Marker marked "NxS" or "SxN" (see photo). VINTAGE: Circa 1770's - 1780's SIZE: Approximately 2-3/4" in length x 2" in width x 1" in depth. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Coin...

ARTIFACT: This is two pair of silver spectacles made in the United States dating to circa 182Both pairs are fashioned from coin silver with collapsible arms, and one pair comes with a two piece period case. Each pair has double lenses, one with oval...

ARTIFACT: Wonderful United States Centennial Exposition Liberty Bell pewter, lidded early American pattern glass (EAPG) stein patented in 187Along the top of the stein it reads: "THROUGHOUT ALL THE LAND PROCLAIM LIBERTY BY ORDER OF THE ASSEMBLY OF PENNA...

ARTIFACT: Fabulous, Prohibition era copper still from the backwoods of Maine. Condenser coil is now detachable, as old solder has let go and needs repair, though condenser remains intact while on display. The copper still, features a nice fashioned pot...

ARTIFACT: This is an eighteenth century spice grinder from New England that has a maker's mark on the arm. The grinder has a bowl-shaped reservoir at the top where the grinding arm is and a drawer to pull out the pulverized contents beneath. The top...

ARTIFACT: Great old blue enameled sign, circa 1900 that reads: "WARNING TO BURGLARS AND THIEVES THESE PREMISES ARE PROTECTED BY N · E · B · I · C O ·" in white detailed lettering. VINTAGE: Circa 1900 SIZE: Approximately 2-1/2" x...

ARTIFACT: 1890's Curran & Joyce porcelain top embossed beer or soda bottle from Lawrence, Massachusetts. The front of the bottle reads: "REGISTERED CURRAN & JOYCE COMPANY LAWRENCE, MASS." in embossed lettering and features an embossed...