Maybe holders for joss sticks?
Canada dispensed the use of pennies a few years ago and nickels next year. We just round up or down to the closest number. One and two dollar...
I do live in Canada and went to a yard sale in NY state last year. Bought 5 two dollar coins (toonies) for 25 cents each. Probably the biggest...
You might use the search term - pulled feather - when researching the globe. Several companies produced this style of art glass, you may find an...
I think your dresser would benefit greatly with a coat or two of Briwax, you may be pleasantly surprised to see how it covers the nicks and...
of their jewelry is poetic, to say the least.
The peacock may be a lid to a trinket box or candy dish and would be lovely just as it is, catching the light on a window sill. Seasons Greetings...
I also have boxes of orphan decanters, both perfume and liquor as well as stoppers, that if they fit, are wrong in style. Thanks to AJ, I am now...
Did you pull apart the second piece to see if it revealed crochet hooks folded inside?
Thank You so much AJ for the tip on filing down the tongues to fit, I too save spare parts to incorporate into projects but it has never occurred...
The second item is probably a vintage crochet hook case. If you pull gently on the loop on the end, it should pull apart, revealing usually 3...
It seems to me that it's missing at least 4 red beads plus green spacers on the clasp side. If the clasp were to be positioned center back, there...
To me, it falls into the same category as toothpick holders as part of a table setting. Some things should be done in private, away from the table.
For special occasions, I still use cloth napkins, ironed damp and lightly starched. Maybe I'm too fussy but I want my family to know that...
Tucson Turquoise has a website American Turquoise Identification, that I find excellent. Be sure to click through the slide shows on the site....
I think she's a napkin holder for the table. Napkins are folded and slipped into slots. Very cute.
I'm no help on the clown busts but the picture of the clown may be a representation of Emmett Kelly, a well known American clown b.1898 d.1979....
In the late 1800s, it was not uncommon to find companies listed as Undertaker/Furniture Maker. I assume that undertakers made their own caskets...
I have a different Shirley Dunn book, Celluloid Collectibles Identification and value guide and describes "Damage to Celluloid" on pages 13-18....
Dude, just consider the past experiences a very expensive learning curve, we've all had those hard-learned lessons and if anything good comes out...
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