Candy or Coffee Vase. Paris, Voisin [?], ca. 1890. Brass vase that transforms cotton or millet seed into a quantity of wrapped sweets or even hot. With a spring loaded gimmick and bayonet catches operated by the finial. 10 ¼” high. Very good condition. A particularly lovely example of this classic piece of conjuring apparatus.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2012-05-13
Coffee or Candy Vase. European, ca. 1910s. Heavy, finely crafted brass vase which transforms candy or coffee into dry silk flags. With gilt-banded paper tube, Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-12-03
Coffee Vase. Porto: Magiarte, ca. 1960. Cotton or paper placed in the vase transform into steaming hot coffee when covered with its lid. Includes a Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-02-06
Coffee Vase. American, ca. 1940 [?]. Large nickel-plated brass vase transforms cotton into hot coffee. A second load chamber allows the magician to produce dry Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2014-04-26
Coffee Vase. French, ca. 1890. Brass vase transforms cotton or cloth into steaming hot coffee as if by magic. Spring loaded base and gimmicked finial Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-08-27
Coffee Vase. German [?], ca. 1960. Small nickel plated brass vase that transforms a quantity of cotton batting into hot coffee or any other liquid. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2011-05-22
Coffee Vase. European, ca. 1930. Handsome chrome-plated canister that transforms cotton balls or cloth into hot coffee. 14 tall. Very good. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-08-27
Coffee Vase. Maker unknown (likely American), ca. 1910. Large nickel-plated brass vase 13" high, 4 ¼" in diameter allows the magician to transform liquid into Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2009-04-26
Old Paris Porcelain Vase with Well Painted Scene of Escaping or Eloping Maiden. Finely painted ornate floral clusters. Height: 17 inches. Width: 9 1/2 inches. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Auction Gallery of the Palm Beaches
Date:
2006-06-26
Coffee to Rice Canisters. French [?], ca. 1885. Handsome pair of brass canisters with lacquered stripes with which the magician can cause objects or a Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2012-05-13
Germain’s Improved Coffee and Wool Trick. London: Ornum’s Magic, ca. 1907. Metal vase (4 x 13”) with cardboard cover and shallow lid is filled with Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-04-09
