Noteable features

D. O' HALLORAN, 385 st. peter str. st.paul, minn. 

imprimature: fredericus xaverius, archiepiscopus, milwachiensis

mlwaukee aug.1899

has a social securty number written 701-xx-8914 on the back inside cover

"marie brown genola born nov 16 1896 age 19",

"rememberance of father reigen 1910," also wrtten inside

Each one has a small nail whole in each corner where they were pinned to a wall. The King one has about a 1in rip in the top left corner. Other then that they're in good condition. I'm trying to find out if they're worth anything.

I do not currently have pictures but I hope I can add them in a day or two

This is a key/coil/gear driven instrument that connects to a stack of plates--each plate is notched on its edge similiar to a music box mechanism. When wound, the stack of plates revolves and causes a telegraph key to tap out whatever message is contained in the plates' notches. Two electrical contacts are located next to the telegraph key.

 I have absolutely no idea how to download pictures so I'm hoping that this description is enough for you to provide me with a clue to what it might be.

This is a sugar bowl with no lid. It reads barbour silver co. quadrouple around the inside of a circle and the word silver in the middle of the same circle. The numbers 999 are under the circle.

I received this table as a gift from my neighbor who is an antique dealer. I know nothing about it except the stamped trademark on the underside. It needed some TLC, so I cleaned it up and reattached the legs. The top is veneer, and the underside (the vertical section) is peeling.