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    Japanese Meiji Lacquered Fubako Box Painted with Butterflies

    Thank you for your opinion on the date Mikey. I guess there’s no big difference-maybe a gap of one or two decades, but why not, if I can safely...
    Post by: shamster, Sep 26, 2025 in forum: Antique Discussion
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    Japanese Meiji Lacquered Fubako Box Painted with Butterflies

    True lol usually pieces for domestic market speak best of the true aesthetics of that culture
    Post by: shamster, Sep 26, 2025 in forum: Antique Discussion
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    Japanese Meiji Lacquered Fubako Box Painted with Butterflies

    I’ve always been a poet :p but I save my talent for the finest piece only!
    Post by: shamster, Sep 26, 2025 in forum: Antique Discussion
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    Japanese Meiji Lacquered Fubako Box Painted with Butterflies

    Thank you :shame:I just asked a restorer hours ago, who suggested leave it as it is. Based on my observations it should be natural glue, so no...
    Post by: shamster, Sep 26, 2025 in forum: Antique Discussion
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    Japanese Meiji Lacquered Fubako Box Painted with Butterflies

    @Any Jewelry I only tag you when I’m extremely proud of my find… I guess this is the find…;)
    Post by: shamster, Sep 26, 2025 in forum: Antique Discussion
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    Japanese Meiji Lacquered Fubako Box Painted with Butterflies

    I also can’t express enough how much I love the fact that these Maki-e artworks are best when appreciated in the dark, in lighting condition...
    Post by: shamster, Sep 26, 2025 in forum: Antique Discussion
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    Japanese Meiji Lacquered Fubako Box Painted with Butterflies

    I should ask @808 raver for comments on this beautiful, beautiful box and opinion of the glue :D
    Post by: shamster, Sep 26, 2025 in forum: Antique Discussion
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    Japanese Meiji Lacquered Fubako Box Painted with Butterflies

    Now comes the practical problem- it has suffered damage at the four corners, and there are glues all over the cracks. The pieces are held firmly...
    Post by: shamster, Sep 26, 2025 in forum: Antique Discussion
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    Japanese Meiji Lacquered Fubako Box Painted with Butterflies

    [ATTACH] Guess I won’t be updating my comb collection for a long time… because I spent all my budget on this stunner… This is the most...
    Thread by: shamster, Sep 26, 2025, 103 replies, in forum: Antique Discussion
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    Unusual Tortoiseshell hairpin with coral and seashell

    Would be interesting if she would wear jewelry made of coral exclusively grows there!
    Post by: shamster, Sep 25, 2025 in forum: Jewelry
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    Unusual Tortoiseshell hairpin with coral and seashell

    Also in Japan&East Asia, there are all kinds of fascination about people living under the sea. This hairpin would be designed for a lady from the...
    Post by: shamster, Sep 25, 2025 in forum: Jewelry
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    Unusual Tortoiseshell hairpin with coral and seashell

    yes :shame: even tortoiseshell ones are rare
    Post by: shamster, Sep 25, 2025 in forum: Jewelry
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    Unusual Tortoiseshell hairpin with coral and seashell

    I will still do if it’s silver! But if it was gold, I’d better have it in my cabinet forever :angelic:
    Post by: shamster, Sep 24, 2025 in forum: Jewelry
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    Unusual Tortoiseshell hairpin with coral and seashell

    Also Nautilus:D It’s not, I rubbed the blackened area on the corner, revealing bright yellow underneath, and it smells like copper, so I guess...
    Post by: shamster, Sep 24, 2025 in forum: Jewelry
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    Unusual Tortoiseshell hairpin with coral and seashell

    Bought these two from Chinese eBay for roughly £2- what more to ask? And the hairpin (?) on the left is crafted from genuine tortoise shell,...
    Thread by: shamster, Sep 24, 2025, 11 replies, in forum: Jewelry
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    Update on my Japanese Comb collection

    I have more combs on the way so…wait for them! :D
    Post by: shamster, Sep 24, 2025 in forum: Jewelry
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    Update on my Japanese Comb collection

    I currently have twenty combs, guess I should take a photo of them all together, arranged based on material ,technique or age… but I’m still...
    Post by: shamster, Sep 22, 2025 in forum: Jewelry
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    Update on my Japanese Comb collection

    That museum specializes in hair accessories also has these mini wigs on display which is cute, but life sized ones look creepy if put at...
    Post by: shamster, Sep 20, 2025 in forum: Jewelry
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    Update on my Japanese Comb collection

    Or just collect more and put them in a glass top box like I do :playful:
    Post by: shamster, Sep 20, 2025 in forum: Jewelry
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    Update on my Japanese Comb collection

    indeed;) it will look like a mini museum if I put a wig near the display case and fix a sample comb there!
    Post by: shamster, Sep 20, 2025 in forum: Jewelry
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