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ARTIFACT: This is a rare circa 1900 Hudson's Bay Company factor (or mercantile agent) badge. The badge was made in England by J.R. Gaunt of London. It is nicely enameled with the Hudson's Bay coat of arms, two stags and a fox with a crest above the motto...

ARTIFACT: This is a quaint little gentleman's pin tray of the Arts & Craft period. VINTAGE: Circa 1900. SIZE: About 1-3/4" in width by 7" in length and about 3/8" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Hand-hammered copper with 2 brass rivets...

ARTIFACT: This is a 3D Mr. Peanut that is also a whistle. VINTAGE: Circa 1940s-50s. SIZE: About 2-1/2" in width by 7/8" in height and about 3/8" in depth. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Early hard red plastic. ATTACHMENT: None. MARKINGS: The only marking...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1910s-1920s mbira, an African musical instrument that is sometimes also called a kalimba, thumb piano or finger xylophone. This mbira has a hollow wooden body (although others can be a simple plank) with eight graduated metal...

ARTIFACT: This is a small informational brochure for the Hamilton Hotel in Bermuda. It looks as though it is/was a large summer resort. The pamphlet tells briefly of the charms of Bermuda and then goes on to tell the history of the Hamilton which the...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1910s-1920s YWCA lapel pin. Originally christened as the Ladies' Christian Association, the initials YMCA were used eight years later in 186The pin is a triangle enameled in blue and black. VINTAGE: Circa 1910s-1920s...

ARTIFACT: This beautiful nursing pin is in 10 karat gold and is in the shape of a Maltese cross with a circle at center. In the circle is a white disk with the letters WTS FOR N. Around the circle it reads TRAINED NURSE 191I do not know where the "WT"...

ARTIFACT: This beautiful nursing pin is made of sterling silver and is in the shape of an circle. In the center of the pin is a pierced cross with the date 1916 below. Around the outside of the pin it reads FREE HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN. This is probably from...

ARTIFACT: This beautiful oval nursing pin is in 14 karat gold and was made by Dieges & Clust. In the center of the pin is a dove carrying a laurel branch and at 3 points around the outside of the pin are the initials H.M.S.H. & D. In a stylized garter...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1910s County Hospital (Chicago) nursing graduation pin by Lebolt. The pin is a nicely enameled sterling silver cross and reads CH at its center for (Cook) County Hospital in Chicago. It is by Lebolt, a Chicago jeweler since 1899...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1940s graduation pin for an unidentified nursing school. The pin is a sterling silver cross with a lamp of knowledge at its center in tested 10 karat gold. VINTAGE: Circa 1940s. SIZE: Approximately 5/8" in height and 5/8" in...

ARTIFACT: This is a dated 1947 nurse graduation pin by John Frick Jewelry Company for the Garfield Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C (now Washington Hospital Center). Garfield was a Civil War era hospital that badly needed upgrades by World War II. A...