Is this something cobbled together from a bunch of different sets to make one set? Short answer: Yes. The myriads suite (the numbered suite in...
Aren't you lucky somebody here plays mahjong? The set (let's pretend for a minute that it is one, complete set) is about 70-80 years old. These...
I like wearing batik-print shirts in the summer. I might have to start buying more of them. I only got a few the last time I went back to the "old...
Writing boxes DO sell (at the peak of my collecting I had about a dozen of them or more) and I sold all of them apart from one or two really nice...
Just as an example, this is my 1860s writing-case by Toulmin & Gale of London. T&G were one of the more recognised manufacturers of boxes and...
The prices of writing slopes / cases / boxes depends on many things. First of course, is condition. If it's in fantastic condition, it'll be...
Very very impressive. Most writing boxes do NOT look that good. Somebody clearly went to a lot of effort to restore it properly. It's a fine piece...
Nice, big, campaign box, with brass inlays. Very nice piece from what I can see, although with antique boxes like this, it's extremely common to...
Unless they were SUPER luxurious and fancy and elaborate and cost an absolute fortune, most writing cases had very basic locks (I should know,...
No such thing exists, but I would give up a lot of them, if I got a nice antique house in return :)
Yes, the Peranakan did much the same thing in Singapore & Malaya, as my uncle once told me. Government officials, working for government /...
"Going Native" certainly happened among the Dutch expat population of Indonesia. I've seen loads of photos of Dutch families living in the region...
Don't worry, sarongs are very forgiving :)
Personally I've never seen anybody try it that way, but I don't see why you can't. They're traditionally worn by Peranakan nyonya (women) for...
I started with the two pieces at the bottom, and slowly built up from there. Here's me wearing the silver one at the bottom: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
I've been to that museum!! It's beautiful!! But yes, AJ is correct. It's a panel from a traditional marriage bed, or room-divider/screen....
It's lovely!! It's not a mahjong table, but it's lovely. I mean, you COULD play mahjong on it, but that's not what it's specifically designed...
It might be a pen cabinet. That would depend on how big the slots are, but I doubt it would be anything else. For it to be a pen cabinet, it'd...
I agree, the remnants of a watch-chain.
Yes, I bought another one!! Siamese-style like last time, with Chinese hallmarks on the buckle. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] The hallmarks on the...
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