You may be able to find something suitable at a hobby shop that sells doll parts for crafters. They probably wouldn't have celluloid but maybe...
I believe that manufactured (as opposed to homemade) Raggedy Ann and Andy dolls have a label sewn into a side seam that says something like "an...
Just a guess, I wonder if it has something to do with splitting a block of ice. Mark a line with an icepick, then plunge this tool into the ice...
Ditto from me too. I should have been more clear that StumptownJoe's box could not be Victorian with that patent date.
The patent number would date your music box to the 1930s.
Abingdon Pottery used a rectangular mark, with Abingdon USA printed in...
It's the vernacular for "I is" / I am.
Maybe a punch used in leatherwork? This is torture, you have tasty looking cake and Ken Meyers had candy in the background of his tool question...
If the bank doesn't have a key, maybe carry the bank into a locksmith and see what they could do. That may be safer than possibly damaging the...
If you google - antique Highland Stove - a trade card pops up for a Highland Grand Range.
Sensory Art, the gift that multiplies. Within a few days, there will be the visual bonus of a swarm of fruit flies plus the added aroma of...
Welcome to the site Curious girl! I'm not so sure that these pieces originated as a set. The color of the glass in the earrings seems to be off...
Nice haul! The iced tea sipping straws on the far right will probably be sterling too, I can't recall ever having any that weren't sterling. In...
It's not a mark I'm familiar with but if you are considering buying these, I would ask the seller to clean the knife handle and then post another...
Ida Lupino and Ava Gardner were in their "heyday" in the 1940s - early 50s, so they may have worn screw back style earrings rather than clip-on.
Re. the glass caskets. They appear to me to be of the Victorian era and many are attributed to Moser but without a signature or a Moser catalog...
I don't know how I messed up the above response, I tried to fix it but couldn't. Hope you can decipher my message.
This glass group and the porcelain group above it appear to me to be jewelry caskets or trinket boxes rather than inkwells.
It would be interesting to see the inside of the drawer fronts. I have a feeling this may be a finish applied with a graining tool.
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