(Lot) Vintage Bakelite & Other Houseware & Accessories

Lot description

(lot) Vintage Bakelite and other houseware and travel accessories, varied designs, featuring solid butterscotch, cherry red, and creamed spinach colors, as well as transparent and marbled examples, highlights include: (two) butterscotch colored wall-hanging crucifixes, (two) figural scent/ kohl bottles, modeled as Egyptian mummies, (pair) spherical salt and pepper shakers on silver-tone metal stand, (five) pencil sharpeners, (one) Gillette travel shaving kit, housed in green celluloid and gilt metal case, (one) bottle opener, largest: approx 5 5/8"h, 3.75"w, 5/8"d, smallest: approx 1"h, 1"w, 0.25"d, 2.25lbs total Provenance: From the estate of Dorothy Jean McPhaul, whose small East Austin antique shop, Johnnie’s Antiques, has survived for generations despite rapid city expansion. McPhaul, a true lover of all things antique and a retired educator with a 40-year tenure at the LaGrange Public School system, personally collected African American memorabilia, jewelry, glassware, pottery, amongst other rare and fine antiques. Established by McPhaul’s grandfather, Simon Sidle, in 1918, Johnnie’s Antiques is among the last vintage properties on East 6th Street, and notable as one of the first black-owned businesses in Austin. After assuming proprietorship in 1999, Dorothy followed in the family tradition as a fixture of the Texas antique sale circuit.