Keeping in touch with your Irish roots, are yah, laddie? But yeah, coin belts like these were basically the lower-end of Peranakan silver belts....
Hah!! It'll be a heavy necklace!! Here it is on the scale... [ATTACH]
Thanks. It's summer in Australia right now, so I'm mostly wearing sarongs around the house, because of the heat. Here's me wearing the belt...
HAHA!! No!! The only Peranakan belt I have which DOES fit is one of my ancestors' ones (the one that you see in my profile-pic). The other...
Yes, I bought another one. I've never had a Peranakan silver coin-belt, before. I know they exist, and I've seen photos of them, but I've never...
Wow. Honey-glazed mahjong tiles. Leave to marinate for 50 years and then serve on a square table in neatly stacked rows. And yes, old tiles do...
Thanks for the suggestions, guys. I agree, the end-loop looks like it's designed to hook onto a button. My guess is that some fabric, or a strap...
It's not a needle threader, I've got two of those old Singer threaders already.
I bought a whole heap of antique sewing-thingies today, and this spring-loaded thingybob was part of the mass of rufflers, hemmers, piping-feet,...
All mounted!!... [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
For those who are struggling to understand how these things work - here's a demonstrative photograph from the aforementioned Michael Backman:...
That's how I got my first pair! Some older couple was selling them at an antiques fair I went to. They didn't really know what it was, they just...
I shall have to pay closer attention - I've never seen any solid gold ones, not even in museums!
There was another pair online for obscene amounts of money...I ain't that desperate!! But these were just-about-affordable, so I decided to...
Here they are next to my rectangular ones... [ATTACH]
Michael Backman is an excellent resource for stuff like this. His website is fascinating to read.
A bolster is a long, padded pillow, usually cylindrical or oblong in shape... [ATTACH] [ATTACH] The bolster plates are sewn onto the ends for...
My last purchase for 2024!! Or at least, the last addition to my collection for the year... [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Like the other pair I bought, my...
I wouldn't worry. I've been playing mahjong over 20 years, and I've never known anybody who ever uses them.
I find it interesting that so many of them have windows in the front, instead of just wooden slats...but they still wanted to lock them up??...
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