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CUTLERY AND CUTLERY CARRIER

Cutlery carrier, pine, original red stain, canted sides, dovetailed; and a collection of spoons, knives and forks, some with bone and wood handles, "found at Hingham locations including the Cushing House Inn, the Nye Tavern, and Rev. Donald Robinson shed, South Pleasant St., Hingham, Ma" (JPR). 

EGG CARRIER

Pine, original dark reddish/brown stain, paper labeled "H.G. Jordan, Jordan Farm, Hingham", (12 dozen in pencil), a huge barn on Union St., ex. Mason Foley, ex. Frank Houstra", "it was in Foley's Barn on Hull St." (JPR), complete with egg holders, 12" x 12". 

CHINESE TEA BOX AND POSTER

Wooden Chinese Merchant's tea box and poster: hinged lid box, Chinese scenes and calligraphy on top, "S.S.P. & Co. Extra Choice...Formosa Ooloon, 1877-78.", "acquired from the Lane House North St. and Bank Ave." (JPR), 11" h, 10 1/2" w; Printed bright red paper poster, "Gilt Edge...Formosa Ooloon, Tart & Co.", block printed, unusual and rare, "found also in Charles Lane attic, 1969" (JPR), 15" x 12 3/4".

APPLE PEELER

Early 19th c. pine apple peeler, finely constructed with turned columns, pegged and mortised handle with patina, heart cutout seat board for hanging, "acquired from E.C. Beston, Ship St. Hingham, she found it hanging in the attic of the Souther Shipyard house (their house in Hingham), (JPR), 22" l, 10 1/2" w.

ADVERTISING CONTAINERS

"Hires Rootbeer" thermometer (intact), lithograph on three-dimensional tin in form of a bottle "from the old West Hingham pharmacy at Gould's Bridge" (JPR), 28 1/2" h; Cardboard "Humpty Dumpty Potato Chip" cylindrical box, Portland, Maine, "Good for you and the kiddies too", 2 lbs, 13" h; Lithographed tin "The Planters Pennant Brand Salted Peanut", 10 lb, ex. the Howe's General Store, 10" h, 8 1/2" dia; Lithographed tin "Lard" pail, Mortells, "Snow Cap Lard,...Pure Sweet fact of the Hog", Ottumwa, Iowa, ex. Cushing House Inn, Hingham, 8 1/2" h, 7" dia; Lithographed tin "Powdre de Toilette La Lete Parafumeurs, New York, Paris", found in Howe's General Store, 5" dia; Lithographed tin "Sunkist California Dream Brand", c. 1928, ex. the Dr. Almon Gardner Morse Estate, Hingham, 7 1/2" h, 5 1/2" dia. 

DOCTOR'S SATCHEL

Early 20th c. alligator Doctor's satchel, brass latches, lock and original key, 12" h, 15 1/2" w, 8 1/2" d, "from the Dr. A.G. Morse estate" (JPR), fitted with medical instruments for eyes...operated on Helen Keller when she received glass eyes. 

CONTENTS OF DR. A.G. MORSE'S SATCHEL

Medicines, Red Cross robe, hypodermic syringe (boxed), 15 small bottles, bottle of ethyl chloride bengue (in box), leather pocket, and a smaller doctor's leather satchel, surgical case, box with microscope slides, mirror, porcelain tray fitted with instruments. 

ADVERTISING TINS

Fourteen lithographed advertising tins, "Royal Baking Powder", "Sultana Pepper", "A&P Pepper", "Red top Snuff", "Polarine Transmission lubricant", "Sir Walter Raleigh Tobacco", "Three Cross Mustard", Atlantic Spice Co., Rockland, Maine, "Droste Cocoa", "Lucky Strike tobacco", "Bohemian Leaf tobacco", etc.

GLASS BOTTLES

Three 19th c. deep olive glass bottles: "Johann Hoff, Berlin"; square "Aromatic Schnapps, Udolpho Wolfe's, Schiedam", 8"; unmarked blown bottle, 7" h.

FOUR ADVERTISING CONTAINERS

"Sunbrite Cleanser", (unopened), "Double Action, Purifies as it Cleans", yellow and blue paper on board, ex. Howe's General Store, JPR; "'Defy the World' Brand Choice Cold Packed Tomatoes" tin, Samuel L. Kelty & Son, Quinton, NJ; Coffee tin with wood finial, ex. Lane House, Hingham, Thomas Wood & Co., Importers & Roasters, Boston; Tin corked jug, labeled "Extract Witch Hazel, Charles A. Drefs, Buffalo, NY". 

DOCTOR'S MEDICAL KIT AND BOOK

"Found in the attic of the old Dr. Spalding House, South St., Hingham, Mass. Henry Edwin Spalding born in 1843 was a Hingham Physician and a Civil War Soldier, 13th Reg. NH Volunteer Infantry, Disability discharged 5-14-1863." (JPR), leather bound wood case, 7" h, 12" l, missing handles and some leather, hinged interior with fitted glass medicine vials, large and small, approximately 80, also includes three scissors; Diseases of the Nose and Throat, Ivins, F.A. Davis Co., 1893, Phil. & London, 129 illustrations.

STRAW CRUSHER OR ROLLER

Maple and pine, early 19th c., "from the old John Hersey (1761-1849) /Capt. Seth Stover Hersey Farm, ex. S. Randall Lincoln" (JPR); used to flatten straw for weaving into bonnets and summer hats, pegged and mortised construction, 36" h. 

POCKET KNIVES

Collection of 14 pocket knives, many with descriptive tags, "Found in closet drawer of Cushing House Inn, Canton Cutlery Co. 1879-1930, known for introducing transparent handle 'picture window' for advertising, two decorated gold knives, coin silver decorated knife from Theodore Lincoln family (some of General Benj. Lincoln); Mason Foley's personal knife that he used at the Hingham Book House (1950-1968), Ulster Knife Co., (JPR), four mother-of-pearl knives, Pal Cutlery Co. (1925-1950); one found in Nye Tavern, etc.".

WATCHMAKER'S HAMMER

Finely cast steel shaped head with a small peen on the back, knobbed end handle with great patina, 9" l, split in handle doesn't affect usability or aesthetic quality, "belonged to Thomas Margetts, watchmaker, who resided on Hersey St. Hingham, Mass..." (JPR). 

LUMBER CALIPER

Cast steel, adjustable thumbscrew, 20" l, 13" w (closed), "found in the Mill St. Hingham Loft with many other W. Davis tools...used in the manufacture of Masts & Spars." (JPR). 

TIN CONTAINERS

Collection of tin containers, 11 pieces, covered lunch pail with porcelain knob, ex. Elwin Fearing, "1961" (JPR); Two ice cream scoops, ex. T. Howe's General Store and S. Randall Lincoln oval lidded carrier, ex. S.R. Lincoln; handled cup "found beneath the work shed at the Old Engign Cushing Farm 192 South Pleasant St." (JPR); an unidentified piece from the Old Cushing House Inn, etc.

SIX LANTERNS

Collection of six lanterns, including a rare railroad lantern with three bullseye glasses in red, green and clear, "from the Warren Jacobs Railroad Collection which I purchased from Julian & Olive Loring's daughter", a barn lantern "from the barn of Leavitt Souther, Shipbuilder", ex. George Lincoln collection; "another acquired from Mrs. Glidden from Pine Tree Tavern barn at South St. Hingham Mass, another lantern acquired from E.C. Beston, wife of author Henry Beston. One of two lanterns kept at the Outermost House, Great Beach, Eastham and another railroad lantern that belonged to Warren Jacobs.", (JPR). 

RAIL ROAD TICKET SIGN

Framed, reverse glass painted gold on black, "Boston & Maine R.R., Tickets", no provenance, however, likely from the Warren Jacobs Railroad collection, 24" l. 

EARLY BOTTLES

Collection of four early bottles: eight-sided, blown golden amber, 5" h; green two-part on old "Luke Beard, Howard St. Boston, This bottle is never sold", 7" h; dark green "Congress Water, Congress & Empire Spring Co. Saratoga, N.Y.", 8" h; olive green, convex base, 8 1/2" h.

SPOON RACKS AND CUTLERY

Two spoon racks with spoons, forks and knives, bone handles, malachite and wooden handles, two-tine forks, coin silver tablespoons, one fork with green malachite handle marked "A L" for Abner Lincoln, 1st preceptor of Derby Academy by request of Madam Derby, also a judge of Plymouth County; many of the pieces have tagged histories.

THREE BRASS STENCIL PLATES

"Keep Out", "found on the top of a window frame in Gov. John D. Longs barn...about 1960" (JPR), 14" l; numbers "1 Through 0", 11"; Circular template "hung on a hook behind the counter at the T. Howe General Store...I recall old man Howe using it outside the store" (JPR), 10" dia.

BOTTLES WITH LABELS

Collection of seven bottles with labels: green glass, "Old Grist Mill, Malt Extract, Boston", "ex. Howe General Store"; "Pure Maple Vermont Sugar Orchard", S.S. Pierce Co., green glass with cork, red label; two "Boothbay Medicinal Spring Water Bottles", aqua blue glass, oval labels; "Paine Celery Compound"; "Bromo Seltzer", blue glass; clear apothecary glass with stopper "Tinct. Lobeliae".

WALRUS TUSK AND SWORDFISH BILLS

Very old tusk "acquired from the estate of U.S. Secy of the Navy John D. Long, Cottage St. Hingham, ex. Mason Foley" (JPR), 16" l; Two antique swordfish bills, 23" and 32" l.

TIN AND GLASS CONTAINERS

Collection of nine tin and glass containers including, a rare "Wm. F. Nyes Whale Brand Machinery Oil...New Bedford Mass. USA", with whaling scenes on all four sides, on a reddish/orange background, "Obtained from loft of 18th c. shop at Hingham Harbor...Hardy's Carpenter Shop" (JPR), 10" h; a round corked tin container with yellow label "Perfection Axel Grease for Buggies, Carriages, Wagons and Trucks...Standard Oil Co. of New York"; a tall rectangular tin container "Elastic floor Varnish, Flood and Conklin Co., March 31 1908, Newark N.J.", "Salvaged from the old Amos Humphrey Store..." (JPR), 7" h; "Flit" containers, Esso Standard Oil Co.; "Furniture Polish, W.T. Rawleigh Co, Freeport, Ill", orange and blue label with gilt, 6" h; "Hollingshead's Castor Axel Oil", Camden, N.J.", "found on a high beam in Gov Long's Barn" (JPR), 5" h, et al.

CLEAVER

Curved steel blade, hand-forged iron and wooden handle, spiked point, "Found in attic storage area of the Humphrey Bros. Store, North St. facing Hobarts Bridge...Hingham Mass." (JPR), 18" l.