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Strange Bedfellows: Samuel Colt’s Other Claim to Fame
On MAD recently, I had no clue Colt was involved with wicker furniture and, very high-quality wicker at that!
"Most people know that Samuel Colt was an ingenious firearms inventor and... -
Jade Cross
Hi all....found one more "good piece" in mom's jewelry box--almost everything was cheap costume
. While I have found similar ones online..none with exact center.. Cross is 1 1/2" long..capped... -
Asian Bowl? Genuine or copy?
I have a single bowl as pictured below, I know nothing about it and wondered if it's something that could be old and have value or is just a copy of something else etc. Any information would be... -
Question about Caucasian rug ?
I picked this rug up at an estate sale with some Shirvan rugs. It's a lovely rug but I'm not if this is a Shirvan or not. It's got over 100 Swastika symbols throughout the rug. I am assuming the... -
Mysterious Kutani Teaset?
Hi all,
I've been wondering around the house and I noticed a tea set my mother has. Her grandma gave it to her. Apparently her grandma got it really 1900's (1900-1930) from a merchant she was... -
Uranium vase
Hi all,
another piece, uranium (didn’t have a clue what that was until joining these forums!)
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More piles of silver!
Greetings everyone,
I have a number of purchases happening this week, so you will probably see a few more posts from me before the weekend. This one just arrived to me and I was very happy to see... -
Older sterling necklace. Glass? Stone?
Measures 15 1/2 inches. One of the small flowers stamped "Sterling" on the back. Any idea of what to call the material in the setting? Not plastic, possibly glass or stone. Thanks for taking a... -
Looks like a shoe, made of brass
Never really knew what this was. We use it for a door stop. Looks like it's part of something else that hooks on the bar on top. Seems to have been repaired before as well. Comments appreciated.
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