World's fanciest egg-separator!! ...or a tea-ball stand, either is good. Lovely piece! NOW SALLY FORTH and returnst thou not, 'til thou hast...
Pocketwatches, in general, change time in a variety of ways: 1. Key-set. This is for REALLY OLD pocketwatches. Not applicable here. 2....
This will be adorable for serving little cocktail weenies!! :P
Most sewing machines are not worth very much. I've picked them up for like $20.00. The ones which ARE worth money are the really fancy domestic...
Thanks for the photos. OK, I can almost 100% say this is not a Singer. It doesn't have any Singer markings, decals, labels or anything. If it...
Purtayto - purtahto... It was $120. All the others were $300, $400+.
I think so, yes. I saw a few of these lighters online. They were very expensive, and a lot of them were badly damaged. This was the cheapest,...
Thanks. Any idea how old that makes it?
This was an eBay find from about a week ago. Took a bit of research, but I finally figured out what it is. The lighter had some quite...
The more I look at it, the more I'm convinced this isn't a Singer. For one thing, the serial-number plate is in the wrong place.
I have to see the machine from all angles - especially the front and sides - before I can tell you anything about it. Just because it looks like...
Finding reliable information about the Peranakan is very difficult because there's not much out there, partially because the Peranakan lived in...
Most people have never heard the term before, which is hardly surprising. We're a very obscure subgroup. Even most Chinese will have no idea that...
Hah!! Yeah I'm not surprised. Most people haven't, either. Heck, it wasn't a term even in common usage until after WWII. The Peranakan, or...
Most Peranakan can't read or speak Chinese anyway, so I'm in good company!! :P
Yeah I'm not surprised. Finding information about Peranakan culture is damn near impossible. When I started researching my Peranakan ancestors and...
Yeah, Peranakan women were not heavyweights. My grandmother, rest her soul, was all of about 5'3", and her belt was tiny! Part of the reason...
Peranakan silver was generally very high grade, typically at least 90%. So yes, it could well be sterling. 35 inches sounds longer than most. It...
Must be well-hidden. I've been going to Malaysia & Singapore for decades, and never seen them. The coin ones, chain ones, the layered ones, the...
Oh, well I'll head off back home then, if nobody needs me... But yes, it's a Peranakan-Chinese / Straits-Born Chinese silver belt, as worn...
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