Oh, good point! I hadn’t realised detail like a name couldn’t be molded into Bakelite. Hmmm…
Today, I found a napkin dispenser unlike any I’ve seen before. It’s made of a jade green plastic with a marbleized finish, with a spring loaded...
Nelson leaping out of a coffin? Yikes!
I get it. Besides the chelengk, though, the silhouette has another feature peculiar to Nelson - his ponytail (or queue, as it would gave been...
This is the best photo I’ve found of the hat. Hopefully it helps explain the odd shape seen in the silhouette. [IMG]
It was fitted to the upturned front brim, but off to one side. So, viewed from the side, it would be about halfway back on the head, like the...
Thanks! I’m confident it’s him, too, as you can see the chelengk on the hat, that Nelson was awarded after the Battle of the Nile. Not exactly a...
Thanks! My searches didn’t turn up this one.
Definitely a man! [IMG]
Last night I won a framed 8” by 7” silhouette of Horatio Nelson in a local online auction. I’m excited about this as I have strong interest in the...
Somebody suggested that nails might help date this trunk. There aren’t many in it, as its construction is mostly dovetailed wood with riveted iron...
I’ve taken off the plexi and, happily, have found that the wood appears to have shrunk and cracked after the chest was painted. Hopefully you can...
Thank you. Yes, I will remove the ugly plexi and give it a careful clean but, otherwise, will leave it as-is. I purchased it recently at a local...
I think probably from when he shipped out to Crimea, in May 1854.
Thanks! I found some information about this surgeon: [IMG]
Just wondering what the group thinks of this chest. As you’ll see, it has the name of a doctor painted on the side. Someone has covered this up...
While looking for pigment dots with a loupe, I accidentally discovered a tiny little impressed mark that I hadn’t noticed before: [IMG] Turns...
Yes, store point of sale display, for sure. And, if the Wikipedia history is correct about Brasso first being sold in 1920, it’s a very early one...
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Petrucci Freres / Montreal [IMG]
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