This is an silver plated serving dish with a bowl inside that belong to my father's mother side of the family with the last name of Boyd. It would have been in use in the 1890's.
The Reed & Barton mark is on the bottom of the bowl
These are two old lighters, I bought several years ago at a garage sale. They are both have a brass casing with a black plastic inner core. At the bottom of both is written: Match - King, Chicago, U.S.A. Pats. 1935486-1937249. Writing on one is: Unite States Air Corps, the other's writing and colors have faded/worn off. It seems you would strike the side in order to ignite the lighter.
A copper-alloy uniface good luck charm. Hexagonal, pierced at the top with suspension link in situ. Decorated with a swastika (alternative names - flyfot; gammadion), within a circle and surrounded by the legend, "Good For Two Years Good Luck".
Date Range:Circa 1930
Primary Material:Copper alloy
Method of Manufacture:Die-stamped
Collectors have identified more than 1,400 different swastika design coins, souvenir or merchant/trade tokens and watch fobs, distributed by mostly local retail and service businesses in the United States. The tokens that can be dated range from 1885 to 1939, with a few later exceptions. About 57 percent have the swastika symbol facing to the left, 43 percent to the right. Most promise good luck or feature other symbols such as a horseshoe, four leaf clover, rabbit's foot, wishbone or keys.
According to one collector: "Swastika tokens have nothing to do with Herr Hitler and his ill-fated Third Reich. The swastika is an ancient symbol of good luck adopted and promoted by advertising token salesmen during the first quarter of the 20th century in the U.S. The swastika is found together with other symbols of good luck in stock reverses on many merchant tokens and commemorative medals such as used to celebrate the 1932 Washington's birthday centennial."
In 1925, Coca-Cola made a lucky watch fob in the shape of a swastika with right-facing arms and the slogan, "Drink Coca Cola five cents in bottles". The WaterlooGasoline Engine Company of Waterloo, Iowa offered a "Good Luck" token featuring a left facing swastika in addition to a four-leaf clover, horseshoe, wishbone and Plains Indian emblem. The company was sold in 1918 and became known as the John Deere Tractor Company. Harvard University Library has a 1908 leather watch fob with a brass swastika that was created for the presidential campaign of William Jennings Bryan.
The 1917 World War I good luck medal was produced in the United States with an American eagle superimposed by a four-leaf clover and a Swastika, an ancient symbol of good luck. The medal was designed by Adam Pietz, who served as Assistant Engraver at the United States Mint in Philadelphia for nearly 20 years. "Today this golden bronze medal is very rare, in part because so many of the Doughboys marching off to the trenches of Eastern Europe lost their lives and their good luck medals on the battlefields."
Some Boy Scout good luck tokens issued by the Excelsior Shoe company feature the swastika on the reverse.
Hello I have a Chippendale Settee that Im needing appraised. Im selling it for my cousin who got it from the law firm she works at when they redecorated. I know they bought it at an auction and paid several thousand dollars for it a long time ago. Its in excellent shape other than a stain on the upholstery. Im sure whoever buys it will probably reupholster it anyway. I have looked online for a week now and cant find any exactly the same to know what period its from, English or American, how much its worth etc. I looked all underneath it and there are no names or numbers to help me either. Thank you so much for your help!
