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Timepieces changed over the years
First came the churchtower clock to help everyone in town know the time.
In the 1500s, a watch on a chain or a ribbon was used by the very rich. Later came the traveling clock, then the pocket watch. In the early 1900s, the first watches with a matching pin were made to wear on a lady's lapel.
Attractive lapel watches and wristwatches that look like gold or jeweled bracelets sell well. The very best, like Rolex or Patek Philippe, and those with features that tell more than time, sell for high prices.
Q I was involved in planning the 1998 centennial celebration for my hometown, Titonka, Iowa. One of the centuryold souvenirs that turned up was a 6inch glass hatchet with a clear handle and ruby blade. The glass is inscribed "Souvenir of Titonka."
We think the hatchet was made sometime during the first 10 years of Titonka's founding. When we displayed the hatchet at our centennial antique exhibit, area residents started bringing in similar pieces that were souvenirs of other Midwestern towns.
Can you tell us who made it, why it was used as a souvenir by various towns and what it's worth?
A: Pressedglass hatchets, a symbol of "taming" the West, were made as souvenirs for several American towns and celebrations around the turn of the 20th century. Some were made as souvenirs for the 1893 's Fair and the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair.
Although other glass makers may have been involved in manufacturing these hatchets, the majority of them were produced by the , which moved from Cambridge, Mass., to Toledo, Ohio, in 1888.
Souvenir glass hatchets like your city's sell for about $20. Those from the World's Fairs sell for more.
Current prices are recorded from antiques shows, flea markets, sales and auctions throughout the United States. Prices vary in different locations.
softsided foldover garment bag, leather hardware straps, brass, zipandbuckle closure, LV logo, 17 x 23 x 10 inches closed, $255.
Co. child doll, No. 171, bisque socket head, blue sleep eyes, open mouth with upper teeth, blond mohair wig, circa 1900, 16 inches, $260.
Goofy "Walking Gardener" toy, tin lithograph, pushing wheelbarrow, windup, Marx, 1948, original box, 8 1/2 inches, $860.
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