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Metalware-Cast Iron

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Click here to enlarge image and see more about item AA354: Vintage Fancy Valve Sculpture
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AA354

Vintage Fancy Valve Sculpture

A great looking valve turned into a sculpture
piece by an enterprising person.
Size: 3½ inches H x 1½ W at the base
Weight: 7 oz.
Material: Probably a brass coated cast iron valve
The base is a light weight wood
held by a screw to the valve
Age: Most likely early 20th Century
Found in rural Montana near the Canadian border.
Manufacturer: Unknown  

Your Price: $18.00
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AA819

Pair of Vintage Metal Japanese Style Candleholders

Size: 3¼ H w/o the spike. The spike is 1¼ H - 4 W x 4 D at base. The candle well is 2¾ in diameter

Condition: good used condition

Metal: Thought to be cast iron with a brass finish - Is magnetic.

Markings: none

Weight: total for two : l lb. 10 Oz's.

Found at an estate sale in Great Falls, MT.

Manufacturer: Unknown  

Your Price: $42.00
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Bradley and Hubbard Mfg. Co.

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Click here to enlarge image and see more about item AA173: Bradley & Hubbard Cast Iron Sphinx Bookends
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AA173

Bradley & Hubbard Cast Iron Sphinx Bookends

Handsome pair of cast iron Sphinx bookends by B&H with the shopmark.
Size: 4-3/4 inches H x 4-5/8 inches W x 2-3/4 inches D
Condition: Good
Condition Issues: 2 metal small round feet are missing on each bookend
There is rust on the bottom & about one inch up on the back
of the bookends & some surface rust on the top of one of the bookends.
Weight: Each bookend weighs 3-1/2 lbs.
Shipping: These can be shipped via USPS Parcel Post. Just make a note in the comment section of the order form to this effect.
Manufacturer: Bradley & Hubbard  

Your Price: $120.00
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Cons Copper Co.

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Click here to enlarge image and see more about item AA665: Advertising Belt Buckle - Cons Copper Co.
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AA665

Vintage Cast Iron Belt Buckle - Advertising for Cons Copper Co.


Cons.Copper Co. - Inspiration Metal Belt Buckle (Consolidated Copper - Arizona which owned Cons. Copper Co of Colorado which owned the Delmonico gold mine at Cripple Creek.) Advertising, largely in the cheap mail order monthlies.
Size: 3 W x 2½ H
Condition: very good - The belt buckle has been left as found. We let you do the cleaning and polishing just the way you like it.


Manufacturer: Cons. Copper Co.  

Your Price: $16.00
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Click here to enlarge image and see more about item AA929: Six Panel Folding Screen/W Tea Lights
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AA929

Six Panels Folding Metal Screen - Holding Six Tea Lights

Size: Each panel is 5 W x 10 H = Total Width of screen is 30 inches wide.

Holds 6 glass tea light cups held by metal rings

Condition: very good - Please note that the candles are not included

Weight: 3 lbs.

Dark Green Metal with ivy leaf vines as main decoration.

Metal is probably cast iron - it is magnetic.

Manufacturer: Unknown  

Your Price: $42.00
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Click here to enlarge image and see more about item AA554: Vintage Full Figure Soldiers In Period Dress
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AA554

Vintage Full Figure Soldiers In Period Dress - Cast Iron

These were originally made as figural andirons. Somewhere along the way the log holder fire dogs were disconnected and lost. Up for sale are the cast iron soldiers.

There is still paint visible. Red around top of the boots and tie, white on jacket edges, blue on the jacket, white boots and uniform. A lot of detail present including epaulets. There are slots in the back of the figures that the actual log rest fitted into.

Size: 16 H x 8 W at the widest part x 2 D

Condition: Good for age and use. Signs of smoke on front and back. one still has a bolt screwed in the back side.

Weight: 30 lbs.

Markings: None

These two are very handsome fellows.

Manufacturer: Unknown  

Your Price: $175.00
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Click here to enlarge image and see more about item AA747: Cast Iron Tricycle Sculpture
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AA747

Cast Iron Tricycle Sculpture

An interesting accent to a shelf or table.

Size: 3½ inches H x 4½ inches W x 3 inches D

Condition: very good

Markings: None

Weight: 1 Oz.

Black finish
Manufacturer: Unknown  

Your Price: $16.00
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Frames

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Click here to enlarge image and see more about item AA342: Vintage Metal Arts and Crafts Style Frame
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AA342

Vintage Metal Arts & Crafts Style Frame


Size: Frame 7 x 8½ - Picture Size: 4 x 6
Condition: Shabby Chic - chipped finish on 3 corners
Weight: 1 lb.
Metal: Probably cast iron with gold tone finish


Manufacturer: Unknown  

Your Price: $14.95
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Horseshoe Art

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Click here to enlarge image and see more about item AA905: Horseshoe Art - Scenic Western View
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AA905

Horseshoe Art - Scenic Western View


Size: 5½ H x 5 W x 5¾ D

Authentic used horseshoes (two)

Material: felt, hay, twine, fabric, wire

Bale of hay with cowboy hat resting on top. Blue Bonnet artificial flowers, wheat tops, and lariat

Horseshoe art has been active for over 100 years.

Age: 20th Century

Weight: 1 lb. 10 Oz's.

Found in Great Falls, Montana
Manufacturer: Unknown  

Your Price: $28.00
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Click here to enlarge image and see more about item AA933: Vintage Horseshoe Art Candle Holder
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AA933

Vintage Horseshoe Art Candle Holder -w/Insulator

This piece utilizes a green crackle finish insulator as the candle holder. It is not only ingenious, but very attractive. This piece also appeals to insulator collectors.


Size: Height w/insulator 5½ H x 6 D x 5¼ W Candle holder for candle size is from 1 to 2 inches in diameter

Condition: good to very good. the insulator is in very good condition
as are the two horseshoes. There is a bit of rust on the back area of the horseshoes.

Markings; None

Age: 20th Century

Weight: 3 lbs. 10 Oz's.

Candle is not included.

Horseshoe art has been active for over 100 years.

Manufacturer: Unknown  

Your Price: $23.00
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Iron

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Click here to enlarge image and see more about item AA280: Vintage Hart Tru-Way Egg Scale
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AA280

Vintage Hart Tru-Way Egg Scale

Size: 10 inches L x 3¼ inches D (base)
Metal scale is: 9 inches L x 3¾ H x 2½ inches D
Condition: Good. It is in used condition and the metal
is unpolished and looks its age
It works
Age: Mid 20th Century or earlier
Weight: 1½ lbs.
The attached metal label states: MFG BY H.W. HART MFG. CO.
SANTA MONICA CALIFORNIA, U.S.A.
The entire label is shown in one of the following photos.
Manufacturer: Hart Tru-Way  

Your Price: $95.00
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Click here to enlarge image and see more about item A703: Art Deco Cast Iron Bookend with Bronze Finish
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A703

Art Deco Cast Iron Bookend with Bronze Finish

Size: 4 H x 2¾ W

Condition: Very Good. The photo looks like a brass finish because of the light. It has a bronze finish & a copper colored undercoat, which suggests bronze. But the magnate works so I am sure it is iron.

Weight: 12 Oz.

Markings: There is a number on the back :581.

The very attractive figure is an attracitve female in Grecian or Roman Dress.
Manufacturer: Unknown  

Your Price: $59.95
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Click here to enlarge image and see more about item AA118: Yellowstone Park Railroad Spike - Souvenir
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AA118

Yellowstone Park Railroad Spike - Souvenir

Novel souvenir from Yellowstone Park. Would be great as a paperweight.
Size: 6 Inches L x 1-1/4 Inches H x 1-1/8 Inches D
Condition:Very Good
Markings: a label on the back:
BACKWARDS St. Charles, MO.
Material: Cast Iron?
Comes with the original box. The box is in solid condition - but dingy.
Weight: 10 oz.

Manufacturer: BACKWARDS St. Charles, MO.  

Your Price: $22.00
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Jerusalem

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Click here to enlarge image and see more about item AA872: Jerusalem Souvenir - Camel Train Rack w/Hooks
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AA872

Jerusalem Souvenir - Metal Camel Train Rack w/Camel Head Hooks


Size: 3¾ H x 6 W x 1¼ D

Condition: very good

Weight: 7 Oz's.

Brass coated with colored accents. The four hooks are camel heads.

Main theme with robed camel herder leading a three camel train with palm trees in the background.
Manufacturer: Unknown  

Your Price: $29.00
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Metal

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Click here to enlarge image and see more about item AA740: Cast Iron Architectural Decorative Figure
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AA740

Young Girl's Head - Cast Iron Architectural Decorative Figure

Size: 3½ H x 3¾ W x 1½ D

Weight: l lb. 10 Oz's.

Age: 20th Century - I acquired this piece at the NYC's famous Armory Show in the 1970's

Condition: very good

The piece has two faces on opposite sides of it's head. Each face is identical to the other. There is a hole in the top part of the piece for attachment to an architectural rod?

Manufacturer: Unknown  

Your Price: $198.00
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