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Chinese? Tibetan? Nepal? Silver Turquoise & Coral Necklace
This is an older piece. I started to polish it up and then realized that the patina might be appreciated (I prefer the bright silver though). The stones are coral and turquoise. I need some... -
Micromosaic Gold Brooch
Hello
I have here a fine quality micro mosaic gold brooch. It is presumably Italian, but I'm not sure about the gold mount.
Did Italy ever use 14-15ct gold as a standard? The mount is unmarked... -
Help Identify Some of My Mom's Earrings, Please
2 weeks ago at my garage sale I had a lady ask me if I had any jewelry & I told her I had 3-4 boxes + 2 jewelry chests full of jewelry left to me by my mom that was under my bed for the last year... -
Is there any chance of this being Meerschaum,friends? And a ... bottle
Hello friends xx
I picked this up yesterday, on the off chance it was meershaum.
( For some reason,always wanted one.)
It's got issues,obviously,bit broken off.
I did some *research* and what... -
Question on Chinese Porcelain cup.
I bought this cup recently with a lot of other Chinese porcelain. I posted on a FB group and I had a few comments and someone said "of the period" I am assuming this may be 18th century? -
Help me identify my new roll top desk
I bought this desk this week. I cannot find anything on it to identify.
it has Corbin locks. the dovetails appears hand cut…?
There is no plywood. Appears to be all walnut. The only mark I found,... -
Picture this Pitcher
Any thoughts on this pitcher? Was identified by seller as "European", perhaps German or French? About 8 1/2 inches high appears hand thrown with applied handle, spout and rosettes around the... -
Silver cigarette case, unknown mark
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I have a cigarette case bought as part of a job lot of silverplate on eBay. Fairly certain it's silver but haven't tested yet, hoping someone can I'd the style for me.
There is a small... -
Proper ways to clean and care for antiques
Years ago on Ebay, I got into several tiffs with someone who old-timers here will remember as advising people to use Tarnex on metal and sandpapering wood, etc. Very bad advice if you are trying...
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