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A collection of vintage household items, kitchenalia, and ephemera. The group includes a pair of black textured binoculars with a neck strap, a carbon steel cleaver with a turned wooden handle and brass ferrule, and a bull’s head style can opener with a wooden handle. Ephemera comprises a Bell and Howell Super 8 instruction manual, an orange booklet titled 1776, a Jesus Christ Superstar magnetic sound edition film reel in its original box, and a printed photograph labeled SIMONDS – FARSONS – CISK BREWERY, MALTA. Ceramics include a large white storage dish with red floral transfer prints and a pink lidded pot. The lot also contains a blue metal shaker with a perforated lid and the word Flour printed in script, a purple metal cash box with a chrome handle, and two small travel clocks, one marked Westclox and the other Vedette. Further items include an orange plastic rabbit-shaped mould, a small leather coin purse, a wooden pedestal stand, and a snow globe.
Condition report:
The collection shows age-related wear throughout. Surface oxidation and pitting are visible on the metal tools, including the cleaver blade and the can opener (photo 3). The binoculars exhibit dust accumulation and minor surface scuffing to the textured body (photo 1). Paper ephemera shows minor creasing and edge wear, particularly to the Bell and Howell manual and the 1776 booklet (photo 2). The purple cash box has visible scratches and paint loss (photo 4). The ceramics and plastic items appear largely intact with some light surface marking.
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