Unfortunately, no. If it was proper Chinese characters I might be able to walk them through a translator for you guys, but not something like this.
I mean, if you don't want it, I'll take it... I have one of my own, but mine's a much cheaper pewter one. I'd love a silver one, but...
I'm so glad to add it to my collection. I can't wait for the two plates to arrive. After that, I'm considering buying a vase / flowerpot. Those...
They're called various things. Writing cases, writing boxes, box-desks, travel-desks, lap-desks, writing compendiums...but yes, they were designed...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Last time I saw one of these, they wanted nearly $1,000 for it. This was much more affordable. It arrived last week....
My dad used fountain pens when he was in school in the 50s and 60s. He said they used to throw them like darts when they were bored!
It'd be a paperweight or straight-rule or something like that, to stop things being blown off the desk or sliding around.
Here we are! Look familiar??...
Not that plank. There's another, shorter one that's missing. The sloped piece of wood is where you'd store stuff like postage-stamps.
Very nice Victorian writing slope. Has definitely been round the block a few times. The steel-pens/nibs look to be 20th century. BTW - The...
STOP ME!! STOP ME BEFORE I SHOP AGAIN!!! I sold two sets out of my collection, and used some of the money to buy this... [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
The VALUE of the stick was never really my primary concern. It's a few bucks of silver, stuck onto a piece of cane. There's no real intrinsic...
People get a lot of flak for restoring antiques, and say it "ruins the value" and "strips away the originality", but the brutal truth is - a lot...
I was referring more to the period of general European colonialism, not any actual instances of China being colonised (even though that also...
This is what the stick looked like when I bought it back in 2023... [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] As you can see - very badly crinkled, dented,...
I bought this stick almost exactly two years ago. I got it cheap, from a friend who collects walking sticks, partially because the silver handle...
Just as examples... Bakelite: [ATTACH] Catalin: [ATTACH] Bone & Bamboo (B&B) : [ATTACH]
I see it now. Yes, it looks like the same set, although I seriously question whether it's bakelite. It looks more like melamine to me. Bakelite...
Looks complete. Looks like a relatively modern (70s) set. Made of plastic, and imitating those sets made from bone & bamboo, which are...
I have a Waterman from the 1910s which is 18kt gold all over. One of the gems of my collection.
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