This piece looks like a japanese house, the bottom half of the house is a cigarette dispenser while the top half is a music box with a small mirror.  The left hand side of the piece has a cigaette lighter that is usable and the right hand side has a woman walking over a bridge and it is an ashtray. 

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I don't know anything about DeGarthe. I just loved this picture when I first saw it. Thank you.

For sale are 5 volumes from the Staphorst "Historia Ecclesiae Hamburgensis" collection.   Currently I am unaware which volumes of the collection I have.  For this reason I have enclosed the photos of the first page for those that read German. 

 The volumes are in good conidtion considering their age.  One book has some tiny (bookworm?!) holes in the covers and some pages but the rest are without this oddity.  There is some damp staining to some of the volumes and in generaly the binding while intact should be handled with care.

 I have more pictures but can only post 5 here so please let me know if you would to see more.

 The books are located in Antwerp Belgium but can be shipped anywhere worldwide.  Payments can only be accepted via "online transfer" or "paypal".  Please contact me if you have any questions.

Regards,

Kerstin

Waterbury, Willard No. 3.  8-day spring-driven time and strike clock. Tran Duy Ly's book on Waterbury clocks shows an example of this clock for 1906. Waterbury made several banjos in this style, but (in my opinion) this is one of their nicest. The bottom finial came off and is located in lower box (See pix). The top finial should be a ball and spire. After a 1957 Earthquake in SF Cal, I remember my Dad replacing the original with this Eagle. The correct top (and bottom replacement) finial can be found throughout various online clock repair sites. The clock also survived the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake that rattled the SF Bay Area. That shaker caused the pendulum to fall off causing a small chip in the porcelain Waterbury Logo plate which is located in lower box.

This has been in the family for many decades. It is ORIGINAL, and has NOT been refurbished nor is it a reproduction model. My parents owned it long before I was born and I've been winding it for the last fifty years. It is in good operating condition and chimes regularly on the half, and hour. The only indicators this clock has ever been serviced (other than an occasional light oiling) is inscribed inside lower box. Dates are 1/32 and 2/32 proceeded by ETT-Clean followed by a number. I am assuming that was some sort of license or invoice number.

The clock has an 8 ½" porcelain dial and measures 42½ inches in height.

Any and all appraisal feedback is most appreciated.

Thank You for looking.

There is a hole about 1"  near the top, and a small square hole on the oposite side. Maybe for a strap??

This is a L and C Hartmuths Vienna Bromide Retouching Box. The box has been in the family for years. I was about to give this box to my daughter to have and I thought before I do I will make sure that it is not a valuable item.