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The inside of a Bidri box with a hinged lid, purchased by Helen Bentley in India. Includes a catalogue card, sales receipt, and care instructions.

A sugar spoon. A note with the item reads: Mom and Dad [Helen and Fred Bentley] used this sugar bowl (creamer long lost) and spoon from India at breakfast time. Neither used sugar in their coffee (only Dad used cream). The sugar was for their…

A colour wheel composed of many small different colored papers, attached at one end. A note with the item reads: One of Mom's [Helen Petersen Bentley] colour wheels.

A handmade cotton table runner in tan cotton with blue stitching.

A carved wooden box with hinged lid, made in Poland.

Stitching samples of a True Buttonhole Stitch and the True Tailor's Buttonhole Stitch.

A tobacco pipe with wooden bowl. A note with the item reads: Grandpa Schultz's pipe, used probably 1870s to 1911.

A necklace made of white shells and brown beads, and accented with smaller white and red beads.

A selection of yarns in assorted colours.

Multiple coloured fabric swatches.

A blue and white serving dish. A note with the item reads: Mom [Helen Petersen Bentley] used this Suzanne Bals[�] dish for salted nuts.

A long necklace made up of linked, thin silver metallic discs, with a spring ring fastener.

An assortment of metal clips and loops.

A woven placemat with green and white pin stripes.

A set kransekake discs that are used in the making of traditional Danish cake.

A water glass (one of a pair). A note with the item reads: [These glasses] were Mom's [Helen Petersen Bentley's], ""good"" glasses which were used on Sundays and when we had company. They are in the magazine article…

A woven placemat made of stripped material in shades of brown.

Nine spools of colored thread in a box.

A doll with long braids and bendable limbs, dressed in an orange coat and gingham skirt.

A decorated Easter egg in a multicoloured pattern of black and white.

A black and white portrait of Uncle Jeppe Schultz and his wife Tillie Tobias Schultz in an oval frame. A note written by Helen Bentley included with the item reads: My Mother's [Helen Bentley Petersen's] second oldest brother.

A wooden trivet, one of a pair. A note with the item reads: Trivets from Denmark? Sweden?

A Lux Minute Minderkitchen timer.

A hand made angel tree ornament made of wood and painted in red, blue and white.

A metal menorah that features two men with grapes between them.

Examples of stitching techniques and styles executed by Helen Bentley.

A small, round, decorative wood container with a lid with initials on the base: D COX T [Dorothy Cox Thomas].

A needle sharpener in the shape of a thimble.

A collection of various hat pins.

A white candle featuring a blue flower pattern. A note with the item reads: Dear Ann, Happy, happy birthday 1997! Thank you for all you do for Dad and me!! The two pieces here are from the family home in Dike, [Iowa]. The candle holder was used as…

A clear, rounded glass jar with a metal lid. A note with the item reads: Jam pot lid by mom [Helen Petersen Bentley].

A decorated Easter egg in a multicoloured pattern of yellow and red.

Fabric swatches in ecru and khaki-goldenrod.

A hand made star shaped tree ornament made with beads.

A opium pipe with silver stem and porcelain bowl in the shape of a cat's head.

A decorated Easter egg in a multicoloured pattern of red, green, orange, white and brown.

A woven straw basket with hinged lid and handles. A note with the item reads: I think Mom [Helen Petersen Bentley] bought this basket in Thailand or Cambodia.

A handmade book entitled Jim,created by Vera and Helen Petersen. A note with the item reads: ILLUSTRATION: Story written by Vera Petersen / Page layout, illustrations and lettering design by Helen Petersen. / Graduate work, 1939. / Original.

A fabric swatch of blue dyed burlap.

Two black and white portraits in a wooden frame. A note with the item reads: Ann and Ted's great, great grandparents, Jeppe Slifsgaard. Grandma Petersen's maternal grandparents. Wife was his second. Grandma Slifsgaard Schultz' own…