Copper-coloured cylindrical metal object with three bands of brass-coloured metal around it, scrolling designs engraved on the top and a floral design engraved on the bottom; a round, pink finial with a flat metal cap is featured on the top, while a lead(?) filled metal bell is attached to the side with a leather tie. Cylinder is mounted on dark brown wooden handle capped with a flat white piece, about which it turns.

Hollow brass beaver. Cross-hatching on tail. Cartouche on body containing indecipherable mark. Two holes in nose.

A cast beaver with crosshatching on tail. Paw markings, ring in nose and maker's mark in cartouche stamped on the back.

Stylized chair, base and seat forming bowl and spout for wick. Central flower design on an arch-like chair back. Has a braid-like coil on either side. Edges of chair back are jagged. Base is shaped like a leaf and is pointed.

Rounded brass jar with a short, circular foot and neck. The body of the jar is textured, shaped into fourteen pumpkin-like lobes. Four characters in a square are stamped onto the bottom of the jar.

Metal lamp with deep curved bowl resting on a metal pillar-like stem. Bottom of stem flares outwards to create a wider base.

Woman's multi-coloured, embroidered, appliquéd. very full skirt with a wide (16.5 cm) waistband or hip band. The waistband or hip band is embroidered with three rows of large round mirrors and multi-coloured embroidery on red fabric. The top edge is finished with rows of coloured cotton bindings. The full skirt is finely pleated onto the band and is constructed in six horizontal tiers. The tiers are embellished with embroidered geometric motifs and a few mirrors. Along the front, where that skirt joins the band, there is a row of small bead-trimmed pompoms, resembling bal buttons. The opening is at the centre back; there are long braided cotton cords (about 97 cm long) at the top corners. Two brass bells are sewn at the hem in the back.

Purple jacket with appliqué circles on the centre front and back. The jacket has a rounded neck, tapered sleeves and a centre opening with brass frog closures. There are slits in the sides and back. The circles have a peony motif in gold on a red ground. The inside lining is yellow linen.

Black cotton jacket. The jacket has a short standing collar, long sleeves and side opening with brass frog closures. There is a blue border around the side opening. The inside is unlined.

Reversible vest with a rounded neck, side slits and centre opening with brass frog closures. Surface A is dark blue cotton with a white circle appliquéd on the centre front and back. In the circle is a black painted character. Surface B is yellow linen with black linear markings in groups of three with spiral circles down the centre back.