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That one and the one previous, are just beautiful!!
The thing about writing slopes is that they lasted a long time, the better part of 300 years, from about 1600-ish, up to around the early 1900s....
That's what I mean. It looks too "chunky". I know antique writing slopes - I collected them for years - I even fixed them from time to time. A...
Looks pretty generic. I don't see any indications that there's anything that would help give us more information about it. I question the age of...
A lot of these which I've seen and/or bought, are frequently missing the chopsticks. I have another set with the original sticks, and two more...
The sticks look like they show a lot of wear & unevenness. They don't completely match, even though they're the same length and style.
This is the first set I've ever bought with the original bone chopsticks still intact, which is kinda cool. In all I've got four of these. I used...
The carved-up white stuff is almost certainly bone, from what I can see. Looks like a lovely little piece! "You sah! Stand up straight! Eyes FRONT!"
Silver chopstick-rests would be much smaller. I'd say they're for cutlery, knives, or serving utensils (serving-spoons/ladles etc). Very cute!
I love antique desks because they're made so artistically. Modern desks are just a plank of wood on top of a pair of empty fuel drums.
That is an adorable desk!! What are those two pull-out leaves on the sides for?
Wouldn't be able to tell you without more photos. Looks like a lovely case, though.
I've been into writing cases since I was a kid. At one point I had a collection of over a dozen - these days I've whittled that down to two (I had...
Not sure what else I can add to whatever else has already been mentioned. They are definitely a pair of writing-case inkwells, with threaded caps....
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