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I'm 35, if you're desperate to know. When I started writing my blog, and selling antiques online, I was only just into my early/mid 20s (about...
AAACHHHOOO!! *sniff* *Blows dust off of this VERY old thread* After waiting a long, long, long LONG time...I FINALLY got my antique Dunhill...
Possibly? I don't know. Isn't silver-over-copper basically Sheffield Plate? I used to work a lot in charity-shops, and we used to get boxes and...
Silver plate is worth next to nothing - especially in Australia. There's loads of it, and nobody wants it.
In my experience, Asian silver was rarely marked. Lovely belt though.
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Silvo reeks to god high heaven and above. Better you than me. But - it is very effective, so perhaps it's for the best...
What IS silver dip? I've only ever heard of it. And yes I agree - what you see there is salt corrosion.
I agree! Keyring. Tiffany makes a variant with balls on the ends. I wanted to buy one but I got outbid at auction. This one is far more...
Sewing machines motors were very common. They were mass-manufactured both to go with new machines, but also to go with antique machines which...
Says that your machine is a Singer 66. Which certainly, it appears to be. The 66 started production right around 1900, through until the 1950s/60s.
I dunno. I never measured it. Maybe 2-3mm across?
I asked him about the stone, and he said: "If you'd lost it, you wouldn't want to hear what I have to say. Finding another stone is easy!...Maybe....
Good news: Jeweler said he could fix the ring, but it'd cost a bit because the prongs that hold in the sapphire are broken - so he'll have to add...
It is beautiful. I love it. In other news: Waaaahhh!! :'( the stone popped out of my other ring. Gonna take it to my jeweler and see if he can...
...I know they're for the other ring. I'm only sharing that one because he said he liked it, and I want to show it off better. And they're not...
Here - I took a photo of it, just for you: [ATTACH]
At least I know what it's called, now :P I bought it because I considered it very good value for money, and plus, I like sapphires. Blue is my...
Picked this up at the flea-market yesterday. Lovely little thing. Worn next to it is my 18kt-and-sapphire ring which I showed a few months ago....
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