No 30 Yet another plenitude of legs

It sometimes seems a bit repetitive but truly many legs in my collection ARE unique.

Take this little group for example

This is catalogue number C76 – a cigarette lighter!!

 

   

Bought in 2016 on a wet day at Kedleston Hall and found amongst a box of old gas fillable pocket lighters, one pair of legs - in denim!!    It is well made with a camouflage pattern, hip pockets and mock pockets.  It will stand upright and the top is flipped to create the spark to light the flame.  I have never tried to fill it with gas, but there is a valve at the bottom of the right leg so it is fillable.    

And for the exorbitant price of £3, this is a leg I enjoy in my collection 

 

I have covered table lighters in previous posts, and the one above was my first pocket lighter – I have more.

                   

 Next, I have two pocket size legs and these are in fact vesta cases. I have previously written about vestas, and in Post 16 I discussed a metallic vesta with a Puss in Boot theme – that one was quite thin, and therefore light to carry. 

These two are a little heavier, but not too heavy to carry in a waistcoat pocket. The  first one I bought in 2011 at the NEC and is French and made of brass. Both vestas have nicely shaped shoes with the same flamboyant protruding tongue, and  low heels.

There is a small push button to release the lid, and which clips firmly when closed.

Inside both lids is an inscribed pattern and a semi-circular stamped word, DEPONIRT.  This German word asserts that the product is protected by law and has a protected trademark.  It is a similar protection to the engraving of the word DEPOSE, on glass items.   It is used on German and French products.

 

The second Vesta is exactly the same shape as the first one, the only difference being that from the shoe to the lid, the whole leg is covered in thin leather!  It begs the question whether there are two different vesta types, or was the first one the same, but with all the leather removed!!   This second one I bought two years later, at Uttoxeter…. and  at half the price!!

 

I still have a number of Needle Guards, and I thought it was time for another one. This was yet another leg bought at an NEC fair, in 2014, and said to be 19^th century and of Dutch origin.

                                              

 

Each end of the needle guard is a foreign silver calf length boot, with similar height heels to the above two Vestas. They are linked by an elasticated piece of blue velvet, enabling a knitting needle to be held firmly between the two boot ends. There are no marks or identifications on the silver.

Interestingly, research on the web not only shows the popularity of legs as a style for needle guards, but many of the leg-shaped ones are of European origin and the prices today are comparable with or more than what I paid for this leg.

 

I trust you will enjoy this cornucopia of legs.

David