Carved ivory cigarette holder in leather and satin case. The cigarette holder looks to be of Chinese origin. The case is of very high craftsmanship, but as it doesn't fit the holder, they probably didn't come together.
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19th Century iron was filled with glowing coals to supply heat.
Colorful and extremely detailed, this metal toy roller coaster from the 1950's depicts delightful amusement park scenes on the sides.
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Eastern Long Island has always been big on hunting and old decoys are to be found in garages and cellars throughout the area. Sooner or later, many find themselves in the trash. But Dad can't bear to see them end up that way. So rescues them. We have a shed full of these guys. These look like they're from the early 1900's.
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Stylized Metal toy truck from the 1950's originally came with a trailer.
Late 18th Century needlework sampler that says (in part): "Elizabeth Mowton is my name, and by my nedel I work the same, and by this work you may planely see, what care my parents took of me. Age 8 years, October the 18, 1787 (or 1797)." 19 x 12.5 inches.

Charming details show a dog, a house with a figure in the window and a princess and her cat.
Hunting Licenses from the 1930's
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Post WW II porcelain statuette. Made in Japan - 2.5 " x 1.75"
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NYS License Plates from the 1950's, following the long established alternating color scheme; black on yellow and yellow on black. But, in the 50's, mini-tags were employed to indicate the year so that the main plate could be used more than once. So these two plates actually represent 3 years, 1955, 1956 and 1957.
Silver plated teapot. No further information available.
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Watercolor painting. Unsigned & undated.
Souvenir snuff box from the Chicago World's Colombian Exposition of 1893. 3" wide.
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Silver plated, wood lined humidor, engraved with signatures on the lid. Dated "June 3rd 1927", the item seems to have been a gift . We'd love to know more about this one, and the people who dreamed up such a unique presentation. The box measures 7.5 x 6 x 3 inches.
Pile of discarded cigarette lighters.
Engraved initials adorn the side of this old style model.
Hindu Dieties in relief on both sides of this "Zippo" type lighter.
This one has a pair of dice floating in it's lucite fuel reservoir. Perfect for people with two destructive habits.
Ceramic table model. It's a Ronson!
Hull shaped lighter.
Yacht club pennant and engraved year on this "Zippo" knock-off.
Another Ronson ceramic, eerily reminiscent of a funerary urn. This model could serve double duty, lighting it's owner's cigarettes and later, a container for the cremains.
This champagne bottle, (a double magnum containing 6.5 pints) appears here because of it's label. It's not only beautifully designed, but it may be a connection to Southampton's notorious past.

As the story goes, during prohibition, local mariners did a roaring business in smuggled alcohol which gave one of our most famous thoroughfares it's name; Gin Lane.

We felt that since this bottle was produced smack dab in the middle of that era, it may well have been part of the flood of smuggled bottles from those days.

So here, in symbolic tribute to the vintner's art and the seamanship (and stealth) of the Southampton fishing fleet, is an empty bottle of Mumm's Cordon Rouge champagne from 1926.
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