In spite of the odds, I like the meteorite possibility. Nice find, Boland! There would be no harm in scrubbing it thoroughly with fine plastic...
Absolutely Scrumptious...what a fine sliver of history, an' a magnificent cup...Thank you!
You're right about that...but an open flame from a candle was used for decades to illuminate homes, an' some workplaces. So it makes sense to me...
Wow! I am wholly surprised, Books! So the gas is Acetylene, from Carbide! For this thing of mine to be a lamp, somehow a shade, or pair of them,...
Oh, well...What Might Have Been. Sigh.
Nary a mark to help in that regard, Bosko. They appear to have identical burners to mine! Maybe Asahi DID make the ones I have? Thanks!
I'll bet it does, if only for the dual-language text, an' the pics of Chairman Mao Zedung an' Zhou Enlai. The Da Qing oil field is perhaps long...
It's 7" across the Y-burners, almost 12" tall; the cast-iron base is 4 1/4" diameter. One of the burner sleeves is marked: Victor Crescent 3/4...
I don't recall how, where or when these were acquired. There are no chimneys. Note that they are 'handed'; the wick elevator knobs an' the chimney...
No knee hole...'cause Butlers didn't sit. As Majordomo, him-fella was fairly omnipotent within the house, perhaps including as paymaster for other...
Sweet, an' Magnificent...Thanks!
Ferrous, Marie...
How 'bout for scooping out the seeds from a cucumber? An' there's potential for making String Cheese! Very nicely done cleanup, Marote!
I think a competent goldsmith/jeweler could offer good options for your chain...with moderate cost for their labor, but $$$ for the gold fittings...
Sweet...clean an' simple. I especially like the 6-part inlays of the Chinese Turquoise, nicely done...Thanks!
Oh, my! What a collection! Thanks, AJ...an' you, too, Bosko! Sweet little drooling interlude in my morning!
The back of the 'stone' in pic 6 looks like a ceramic...I see the glue, so it doesn't seem like a filler or shim. I think the setting might well...
Who He, Bosko?
Excellent, Books...Thank you!!
I have no illusions about the age of this lamp; but where the old pattern developed, a when, is what interests me. It is unmarked. It's about 6"...
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