It wouldn't be glowing very much!! They weren't really designed to provide useful light. The point of an opium lamp was to provide a heat source...
I completely forgot I owned this. I don't even remember how I got it. I stumbled across it today in my collection while I was sorting out some...
I WISH THAT WERE TRUE!! If that was so, I'd be buying antique silver by the BUCKETLOAD.
Reading the opening post to this thread gave me heart-palpitations. That kind of treatment should be illegal!!
They're often used as side-tables or occasional / hallway tables these days, but they were originally meant for altars / shrines. Some of them can...
According to what she told me, her parents bought it at a local antiques shop. Sadly I don't have a photograph of it, but it looks a bit like...
The second piece looks similar to one that my SIL's parents own. If so, it's basically just a really nice shelving/display unit. I have seen...
The first item is a shrine table or altar table. It's where you pray to your ancestors, and where you might place the shrine-cabinet (if you have...
No, I wasn't able to find any information about the other mark. I suspected it was a maker's mark, but who for, I have no idea.
After examining the belt and confirming it was definitely high-grade silver, my jeweler wanted to weigh it, to determine the scrap-value (purely...
Well, I took the belt to my jeweler for his professional opinion. And the verdict is... ... solid silver!! He reckons anywhere between 935-950!...
In my experience, ANTIQUE sewing machines (those 80-100 years+) sell for between next-to-nothing, to upwards of about $300-$400, MAYBE a bit more...
Agreed. Not a SINGER. Looking at the general styling and design, this was likely made in GERMANY. The offset handcrank and the fiddle-base, the...
Thanks for the feedback. Responding to some of your other comments - yes, if it IS Peranakan, then southern Siamese would make more sense, since...
Sorry, I should've specified - YES - that is the mark on MY belt. It's stamped on the back of the buckle. The dealer I bought the belt from said...
Very nice. Shield-fobs, sometimes also called drop-fobs, because they're meant to hang or 'drop' off the end of your watch-chain. Sterling...
Given my track-record, it's probably nickel, but we live in hope, I guess.
Tried it out with an extremely powerful magnet. No reaction of any kind. Not even a jiggle.
The only mark I've seen is the stamp on the back of the buckle. I can have another look, but I didn't see anything else that looks like a mark. I...
Like I said, I have my doubts. I'm gonna get it tested.
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