NEEDLE CASE SIMILAR DESIGNS CAN BE SEEN IN SEWING TOOLS & TRINKETS VOL 1 by HELEN LESTER THOMPSON
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ANTIQUE NEUSS BROTHERS
MOURNING PINS
& NEEDLE CASE RaRe!! ***********************************  Description:
CONDITION: VERY GOOD (SEE PHOTOS) MATERIAL: ROLLED STAMPED BRASS, GLASS,STEEL
MANUFACTURER: NEUSS BROTHERS SIZE APPROX.: 1.5" x 1.25" ORIGIN: AIX-LA-CHAPELLE, GERMANY AGE: c1880
MARKED: Neuss Brothers (A.B. REUMONT) AIX-LA-CHAPELLI
GERMANY
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AIX-LA-CHAPELLE (Ger. Aachen, Dutch Aken), a city and spa of Germany, in the kingdom of Prussia, situated in a pleasant valley, 44 m. W. of Cologne and contiguous to the Belgian and Dutch frontiers, to which its municipal boundaries extend. Pop. (1885) 95,725; (1905) including Burtscheid, 143,906. Its position, at the centre of direct railway communications with Cologne and Dusseldorf respectively on the E. and Liege-Brussels and Maestricht-Antwerp on the W., has favoured its rise to one of the most prosperous commerical towns of Germany. The city consists of the old inner town, the former ramparts of which have been converted into promenades, and the newer outer town and suburbs. Of the ancient gates but two remain, the Ponttor on the N.W. and the Marschiertor on the S. Its general appearance is that rather of a spacious modern, than of a medieval city full of historical associations.
THE COVER HAS A HORSE SHOE DESIGN ON FRONT WHICH I BELIEVE IS THEIR TRADEMARK A FANCY LINE DESIGN ON THE BACK. INSIDE ARE BLACK GLASS TIPPED MOURNING PINS.
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