A collection of vintage and antique wooden and metal household items and tools. The assortment includes a circular wooden-cased tape measure with brass fittings, inscribed RABONE & SONS BIRMINGHAM MADE IN ENGLAND. Included is a boxed photographic viewer in red and white card packaging reading PATERSON Illuminated POCKET VIEWER, FOR 2 x 2 AND BANTAM SLIDES, OPTICALLY WORKED GLASS LENS, BATTERY ILLUMINATED, MADE IN ENGLAND BY R. F. HUNTER LTD., LONDON. The lot also features an articulated wooden shoe tree with an oval metal plate inscribed SAXONY and a white plastic? / celluloid? slide rule marked Made in England. Further items include a brass blowtorch with a red-painted handle, a pair of barrel-shaped oak? containers, one bearing a brass shield engraved with the monogram GS, a brass spring balance, a pair of nutcrackers with cream-toned handles, and a carved barley-twist wooden handle. A digital pocket scale in a black zippered case and a black plastic tube cutter are also present.
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