Had to look up where the Brooklyn Naval Yard was located. Here's an early (1918) aerial photograph. Funny to think that... That Daguerreotype...
So interesting. Let's hope it finds the home it deserves. Debora
That one cameo looks so much like Robert Louis Stevenson. Debora [ATTACH]
Translation: "There is a clarification. There are the letters "H&P", and on the right side vertically there are even smaller letters or numbers,...
No one recognized those as Victorian Paisley shawls? At a historical society benefit sale! Debora
Agree. Poor form. Debora
The foliate motif doesn't look Spanish to my eye. Might be Mexican. Here's a couple similar sets fyi. The last set looks identical to yours....
I know nothing about the subject which doesn't stop me from sharing my ill-informed opinion. I'm seeing many sancai-glazed tomb figures on the...
And getting off with your hair and travel clothes reeking of... Debora
Airplanes. Uck. Debora
Weren't you a bit young to be smoking a pipe? ;) Debora
A not uncommon bathroom item. This designer has an entire line of dolphin bath accessories....
All books that educated Americans should have been familiar with at the time. Debora
Stevenson? Shakespeare? Conan Doyle? Classics. Debora
Easy to prove/disprove. Will the hollows in base accomodate a pipe bowl? Debora
Oh, and that's not a koi. It's a classical dolphin. Debora [ATTACH]
Aren't those sweet? Pocket editions. An entire library (30 volumes) available for $2.98. (They weren't inexpensive. The internet says that's...
It looks like a toothbrush holder. Debora
655 alloy bronze developed in the 1920s as an alternative to cast iron, according to the internet. Debora
Think you're right (as usual.) Debora [ATTACH]
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