Oh MAN I guffawed BIG time when I read that. bwaaahahaaa. *wipes a tear and the coffee that was sprayed on the laptop* The nun legs thing......
The odd thread (or yarn??) toggle "buttons" are probably the key to identify the piece, IF you can find something also made with those fasteners?...
Well, she looks NUN too happy! Yikes! NUN for the hills! NUN away, NUN away! I've only just beNUN... OW! Okay! I'll stop!!! We'll have NUN...
Those faux stone enameled little boxes seem to sell regularly for around $125-250.00 on greedbay. I have to wonder if it's missing some kind of...
Found it. LUCCHESI ROLANDO di Vittorio of Florence. The box dates between 1935, when the mark was registered and 1944 when the Fascist symbol in...
Hey Greg, I didn't say HOT needle test... just an ultra sharp very thin sewing needle. LOL I have an electric hot needle tool tester. It's...
Yeah it is... the pattern symbol and word swastika has been used as a symbol for good luck for ages, long before the Nazis corrupted the word....
Ownedbybear I do a needle test to tell if celluloid with a very sharp thin needle all the time, and have done no damage to my buttons or other...
THAT took my breath away! I DO think it's an ivory center by the color striations... (photo isn't good enough to tell, do you have a micro...
Working in the garage.
Hiya Lisa, happy to try to help. Besides, being on the forum keeps me from getting the urge to get out a dust cloth and over exerting myself....
Looks like Bohemian enameled glass with a brass fit top. You find the nicest stuff! LOL *edit added: This could be Moser... bottom looks like...
Here is a cabinet card offered. Check out that price! Woo hoo for you! http://cwfp.biz/cgi-bin/gallery/tm.pl?itm&id943&8_deJongh~Francis Also...
Whoops, sorry Fig... yup, that was the page. I usually try to include links. It was early in the a.m., and I hadn't had that 2nd cuppa yet... :yawn:
Very sweet! I hate trying to find glassware marks. LOL Does the mark have 7 arms or 8?
That's what happens when we get old. LOL Crack and crumble. Looks like his belly and hat (and the lacquer coating) took the brunt of being...
Gorgeous!! Great find too! Mordan pieces are well sought after by pen collectors and this could be a rare set. The tiny English hallmarks are...
Hmm, Cupid and ? The company did a whole line of Cupid/cherubs in that color scheme and decorative style....
Probably service code. I went to look to make sure, and I found this at Watch & Clock Collector's forums: Most watchmakers had their own coding...
I don't know anything about watches either, other than I like them, LOL. Ah, okay says Mido! LOL jeeze! I couldn't read it. Hmmm. This...
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