![W & L.E. GURLEY Antique WYE Surveyor Engineer Level Transit: Antique made in Troy New York early Surveyor's transit with level by W. L.E. GURLEY no. 630864. Measures 9 1/2" x 18" x 5" base. Metal and bronze construction.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/7277/331489/178782457_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718383961)
Base Metal Collectibles
![W & L.E. GURLEY Antique WYE Surveyor Engineer Level Transit: Antique made in Troy New York early Surveyor's transit with level by W. L.E. GURLEY no. 630864. Measures 9 1/2" x 18" x 5" base. Metal and bronze construction.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/7277/331489/178782457_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718383961)
![A group of silver, base metal and glass,: A group of silver, base metal and glass, to include a pair of Victorian silver butter knives with twisted stems, Chester 1809, a plain silver butter knife, London 1862, a silver trowel, Birmingham 192](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1782/333411/180023163_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718382283)
![19 Century Gilt Silver Russian Russia Icon Joy to All who Grieve Mother of God: c. 1900, Russian Ancient Icon Joy to All who Grieve Mother of God. Gilt and silvered over base metal oklad over tempera on wood. Measurements are pictured.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3370/333071/179799952_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718289898)
![Russian Russia Ancient Antique c.1900 Orthodox Icon Christ Pantocrator Silver Oklad: Russian Ancient c.1900 Icon Christ Pantocrator Silver-washed base metal oklad over tempera on wood. Measurements are pictured.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3370/333071/179799950_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718289898)
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Kovels Antiques & Collecting: Week of Sept. 30, 2013
Old toys are very different from those made today. Toymakers of long ago did not try to encourage creativity. A toy was made to resemble a known part of life—a house, car or pet—or perhaps a fantasy—a rocket ship or robot. Or they were puzzles meant to teach the alphabet or arithmetic, or character dolls […]
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Furniture Specific: Elegant (?) Eastlake
Eastlake. Yuck! Those two words are often found together in many discussions of 19th-century American furniture. Other terms that may be lurking close by in those same conversations include ugly, clunky, gaudy and cheap. And in most cases the terms are aptly used since what is commonly called Eastlake furniture often fits nicely with those […]