Sweet Pea Festival - Bozeman, Montana - 1999

Celluloid Button Pin-Back - Year 1999

Festival Button Pin back button measures 2¼ inches in diameter.

Very good Condition

Sweet Pea is a festival of the arts held in Bozeman, Montana.
 

Vintage Set of Four Figural Italian Ice Tea Spoons

Size: Range from 7½ to 8 inches

Very detailed on handles and stems

Silver-toned metal

Markings: Italy on back of bowl of each spoon

Condition: good

Weight: total 4½ Oz's.  

Vintage Italian Metal Letter Opener -Statue of David Figural

This letter opener has a replica of the statue of David as the handle.

Size: Closed: 9 H x 1¾ W (at the hilt) x approx ½ D

Condition: Good to very good - nice patina

Markings: Embossed at the hilt - one side ITALY other side Indistinct DAVID

Weight: 7 Oz's

Material: Silver-toned Metal nonmagnetic



 

Vintage Glass Fishing Float from Vancouver Island, Canada

Size: Small - 2 inches in diameter

Condition: very good

Weight: 2 Ozs.

Markings: None - there is a pontil which shows it was handblown. The pontil mark is a circular depression on the bottom. It is made when the pontil rod is transferred from the blowpipe for final shaping and finishing.

This is one of the floats that the Islanders from Vancouver Island
collect. They come over via floating in the ocean from Asia and are collected by the Islanders as they come in on the tide. This is a real one - not one that they import to sell to tourists. I collected this one myself in the 1970's.

Glass fishing floats were once used by fishermen in many parts of the
world to keep the nets afloat. Large groups of nets were strung together
and were set adrift in the ocean. They were supported near the surface by
handblown hollow glass balls. You can tell the real ones by the pontel left
when handblowing them.

When the floats are broken away by storms or certain tidal conditions they
can be afloat for over 10 years, before they come ashore on Canada's west
coast. They are prized finds for beachcombers.

 

Vintage Greek Figural Metal Letter Opener

Size: Closed: 9 3/8 H x 1 (at the hilt) x 2/8 D

Condition: very good - metal wear on the blade showing a brass metal under the silver-tone.

Material: Silver-toned Metal nonmagnetic

Weight: 4½ Oz's.

Markings: ATHENS embossed on one side of the blade

This letter opener has a figure of a woman in native dress carrying a jar on her head.Nicely detailed.

Found at an Estate Sale in Pennsylvania  

Small Blue Hand-Cast Art Box - Souvenir from Mackinac Island, Michigan

Size: 1¼ H x 2¼ W x 1½ D

Condition: very good

Lid is not hinged. It lifts straight off the base

Age: 20th Century

Material: Feels like a composition stone material?

Weight: 2 Oz's.

Markings: On side of box : Mackinac Island  

Maine-Anjou Enameled Cow Lapel/Hat Pin
Size: 1 W x ¾ H
Condition: very good - pinch closure
Age: Late 20th Century  

The Big Mountain - Whitefish, Montana Resort Collectible Metal Pin
Size: 7/8 H x 5/8 W

Alaska -Forget-Me-Not/ Metal Souvenir Pin

Size: 1 H x 1 W

Condition: very good

Clutch Pin Closure

Age: 20th Century

Weight: ¼ Oz.  

Vintage Pin Back - Sitka Alaska

Can-Cans and Gold Pans - Fairbanks, Alaska

Juneau Forget Me Not Collectible Pin

Alaskan Polar Bear Collectible Pin

Collector's Pin - Grizzly Bear - Alaska

Size: 1 H x 1 W

Weight: ½ Oz.

Condition: very good - clutch pin closure

Age: 20th Century

Grizzly bear catching salmon
 

Vintage Seated Wooden Bear Carving - Canadian

Size: 6½ H x 4 W x 3 D

Condition: very good

Markings: Carved in Canada printed on bottom signed Nick

Absolutely charming and full of personality

Weight: 7 Oz's.

Carved from a single piece of wood and grained for detail

Found in Alberta, Canada in the 1970's