This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/23/2019
Coffee Vase or Flower Vase. European, ca. 1880. Objects placed in the brass vase transform in to hot coffee, or from liquid in to dry flags. Spring-loaded mechanism in base with bayonet catch effects the appearance of flowers or other objects as a finale. Mechanical pick-up device built in to finial. 14 ¾” high. General wear, a few dents. .65. Coolie Cube. Las Vegas, Okito-Nielsen, ca. 2000. A black block vanishes from a wooden tube and reappears elsewhere. Tube stands 7” high. Light wear to paint of shell and tube; good overall. 77_296.200/300