If you know a handy jeweler or silversmith, they could probably cut the silver away, remove the glass, and then solder the silver back together....
This is a trenchcoat. As you can see, it's a much lighter-weight garment, and usually - khaki/tan coloured. They're also common in black, and navy...
It's a beautiful piece of clothing, but it's an overcoat / greatcoat. Not a trenchcoat. A trenchcoat is made of waterproof gaberdine cotton,...
Jewelers' specs. Used by jewelers and watchmakers, usually, but also by anybody doing really fine, fiddly work.
The White Rabbit from Alice in Wonderland, complete with his pocketwatch! :P
Given the shape, and how it folds up, I'd say it's a glove purse or something like that. It looks a bit impractical to have to fold up your scarfs...
It's penciled into the exhibit nonetheless. We have to take what we can find for stuff like this.
What a stunning piece!! As for cleaning, I'm not sure, but for something this delicate, I wouldn't use anything more than warm soapy water, very...
Famous last words. My dad's missed out on literally countless bargains because he decided to "think about it, and come back". The item,...
"There'll be a short quiz next period!" - Tom Lehrer.
I accept payment in gold, silver, or fancy fountain pens :) I've always wanted a piece of antique Peranakan nyonyaware, but they're OUTRAGEOUSLY...
Peranakan porcelain was not made where the Peranakan LIVED (SE Asia), it was made in China, and EXPORTED to SE Asia. It just so happened that the...
"Peranakan" literally means "Offspring" or "descendant". As you say "Anak" means "child". As far as Indo/Malay/Singaporean are concerned -...
This is going to be part of an exhibition on Peranakan culture, that I'm helping my friends to put together... [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Looks like a snake or an eel, rather than a dragon.
Very cute! 19th century Russian niello silver cigarette case. I used to have one, before I sold it.
No. Plating is stuff like "Triple-plated", "Quadruple plate" etc etc. Or it's measured in microns. I don't see this being a silver-plate mark.
Plated silver / silver-plate / electro plate, doesn't have a silver purity stamp on it, simply because there's no point (plus, it's illegal). So...
900 is a recognised silver standard, and I have seen (and have owned) pieces of silver which were marked 900. But as for "PS", I have no clue. If...
Censer. Probably made of bronze, if it's really heavy. Looks like bronze, from here.
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