Bidspirit auction | A Collection of Brass Novelty

A Collection of Brass Novelty Items and a Coronation Cigarette Tin - A collection of vintage brass and metal collectibles featuring a rectangular blue and gold cigarette tin. The interior lid is decorated with gold lithography commemorating the Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 1953, and is marked W. D. & H. O. Wills Branch of The Imperial Tobacco Co. (of Great Britain & Ireland), Ltd. Cigarettes. Inside the tin are two brass figures of charging bulls. The group includes an equestrian-themed desktop thermometer with a black horse-head finial and a dial marked in Celsius and Fahrenheit, a brass squirrel figurine, and a miniature horse-drawn carriage. Also present are two circular framed silhouette pictures, one depicting a woman with a bundle and the other showing children, alongside a brass eagle mounted on a bell base, a brass horseshoe, a wide-bowled spoon, and a pulley fixture. A heart-shaped porcelain pendant features a transfer print of The Roman Baths. The ruler shows the tin measures approximately 15 cm in width and the thermometer stands at approximately 12 cm in height. Width: 15 cm Height: 12 cm.