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Antiques reveal wartime crafts and price clues across eras
Readers explore Napoleonic prisoner crafts from shipboard and camps including dominos and cribbage sets. Auction results show varied values from a 960 dollar Eldred’s Marine domino set to 200 to 500 dollar highboys. Coins, bone, ivory pieces, and Leonard Refrigerator and Little Red Riding Hood designs illustrate evolving antique markets and attribution.
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England
Eldred
Leonard
Charles H. Leonard
Frank
Fred Leonard
Grand Rapids Refrigerator Co
Grand Rapids
Mich
U.S
Kelvinator
Kelvinator-Leonard Co
A. Louise Elizabeth Bauer
Zanesville
A.E. Hull Pottery Co
Crooksville
Royal China and Novelty Co
Sebring
Hull
Royal China