Ahh!...the omnipresent Eiffel Tower! So many have come and gone from my life, and I have but just these 3 left that are not made yesterday! Tiny they may be but so full of sentimental value that my heart will break a little when they leave me again for new homes!
Deco-style, c. pre-1940's (hairline crack at base)[8 cm high / 9 cm x 7 cm wide base]
CAD/US$100/Euros70
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pre-1960's[11.5 cm high x 4.5 cm wide at base]
CAD/US$100/Euros70
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pre-1950's, tip a little angled to one side[13 cm high x 6 cm wide base]
CAD/US$150/Euros100
*My most recent find from a village vide-grenier in Brittany where the old couple selling it have had it for over 50 years...probably a souvenir from their honeymoon to Paris!
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pre-1960's, stamped "COLIMEX" below the shell
[9.5 cm long x 3 cm high x 5 cm at widest]
CAD/US$200/Euros140
*I believe COLIMEX was a cosmetology/pharmacology company (I did google it), but I am not sure what the lovely snail had to do with their products! It was probably a promotional gift that had once held something else, perhaps a pen, in the holder attached to behind the shell. [I have never seen another one like it!]
I found it at a brocante in Paris many years ago and have become quite attached to its very symbolic frenchness!!
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