Automate Schuco Violinist, Pre-War, circa 1930

Pre-War Electric Lamp Base Lighter, featuring a modified lamp socket fixed with an electric lighter similar to car light. Circa 1930

Excellent Early 1900s Schuco Monkey with Secret Perfume Holder, Germany An exceptional early Schuco monkey, dating from the early 1900s, featuring a delightful hidden perfume holder...

Schuco Monkey with Painted Metal Face, Germany, circa 1930s A charming vintage Schuco monkey, made in Germany circa 1930s by the renowned Schuco Toy Company. This delightful figure f...

Rare Schuco Mohair Mascot Dog with Complete Felt Outfit, Germany, 1950s A rare and charming Schuco Mascot Dog, crafted in Germany circa 1950s, featuring a mohair-covered body with a...

Schuco Monkey with Painted Metal Face, Germany, circa 1950s - 1960s A charming vintage Schuco monkey, made in Germany circa 1950s - 1960s by the renowned Schuco Toy Company. This del...

Schuco Monkey with Painted Metal Face, Germany, circa 1950s - 1960s A charming vintage Schuco monkey, made in Germany circa 1950s - 1960s by the renowned Schuco Toy Company. This del...

This gigantic - nearly man high - steel hoisting crane will give a dull corner the right Industrial look and feel you are looking for. The fully operational toy dates from the firs...

"Kadi" is the name of this rare Chinese themed vintage German made mechanical toy; depicting two turn of the century Chinese men with pigtails walking along, while carrying a large t...

Pre World War I Nautical Compass by E.S.Ritchie Nautical compass mounted by a brass gimbal into a copper brass bound case with sloping glazed aperture with heavily bevelled glass. Flat brass bezel with five holding screws signed ‘E.S.Ritchie’ and numbered 5779. Side opening compartment for a lighted wick with drawer beneath. The compass is mounted in a heavy painted brass bowl with very fine copper pivot supporting the floating direction card. A diaphragm is located in the base of the bowl for temperature compensation. c.1910 E.S.Ritchie founded the business in 1850 to manufacture mechanical, electrical and scientific instruments. In 1857 he turned his attention to navigational instruments and begun making marine bearing compasses for the U.S.Navy before the American civil war. At the time the British admiralty dry mounted nautical compasses were considered by all navies and commercial shipping companies as the highest technological standard of the day, however, in 1860 Ritchie had received a US patent for the first successful and practical liquid-filled marine compass for general use. A major step forward in the technology of the compass. With the damping provided by the liquid, together with gimbal mounting, the floating card of the Ritchie compass...

A fantastic and rare early Japanese Kendo (The Samurai Way/Path of the Sword) martial arts set of protective armor/armour including the Men (mask), Do (torso/bust protector) and Tare...