A couple of things..

[Copperhead]

Here's a few things I need some help with..



I know what these are but how old?...the only markings a can find says FRANCE..


And here's a pretty small bible...I've got to get a magnifying glass before I can study it..but any thoughts would be appreciated.....


thanks for looking..

 

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[Montana Jim]

Your first picture... It's a Put & Take from the 19th century till about the 1940s.

From the site linked below:

"Put & Take tops were very popular from the 19th century to about the 1940’s. They could be carried in ones pocket and used anytime in a bar or other gathering place for an impromptu gambling session. Each player would contribute chips, coins or currency to a pot. They would take turns spinning the top. Some tops had six sides, others eight sides. The roots of the game can be traced far back -- four-sided Hebrew Chanukah dreidel and Victorian England pub games. Other web sites: here, here (Arjan Verweij dice home page), and here (Arjan Verweij put and take page), and here .

If it landed T1, T2 or T3, the player who spun it would win (take) 1, 2 or 3 chips, respectively, from the pot. If it landed with the star or “Take All” showing, he would take all the chips from the pot.

If it landed P1, P2 or P3, he would lose (put) 1, 2 or 3 of his chips, respectively, into the pot. If it landed "0" or “Put All” or “All Put,” he would have to match the pot or lose all his chips or each player would have to contribute to the pot, depending on the rules."

http://www.antiquegamblingchips.com/putandtake.htm

 

[Montana Jim]

I know what the second item does, but dont know any particulars about it, or what it would be called... It's a "grabber" of sorts, but decorative and interesting... and so small!

No details for you... sorry.

 

[Montana Jim]

I bet ya those French binoculars were used during the war. They french would sit high up on a hill, as far back as possible, and watch while everyone else did the fighting.

LMAO!!!


Those binos might be French, but the closest thing I found to them was the German pair... do you think they are the same? WW I era.

 

[PBK]

Found listings for a couple of the Gernat's miniature Bibles— one $30, and another $50.
Seems pretty steep to me, but here they are:

http://used.addall.com/SuperRare/RefineRare.fcgi?id=070421174407104066

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[Copperhead]

Boy, you guys sure are quick.....lol Felinepeachy that was a good one...
on the binos..I THINK it says FRANCE, but looking again..it might say RANGE..its kinda cruded up where the wording is..like I said....gotta get a magnifying glass..And MJ..a gotta question but I'll ask over where you posted your pictures...thanks

 

[Copperhead]

Wow PBK..pics and and everything, what more could I ask for?..oh yeah..that magnifying glass..thanks for the link

p.s. I still have boxes of crap to go through..so I'll be counting on you guys..

 

[Copperhead]

Just an update... the binos DO say FRANCE on them, nothing else that I can see on them or the case..and the little grabber thing (that MJ ID'd..lol) says A. SCHARNING NORWAY on it. Thanks.

 

[Angelo]

Sugar tonges.


ebay...

 

[Montana Jim]

Sugar tongues.


ebay...

Nice.

 

[PBK]

Way to go, Tony!