It's missing the chimney...
I'd only ever heard of them. Then one day I saw a whole heap for sale, so I picked and chose and ended up buying that one. I think it's really...
A lot of these places should test silver or gold for free, or at least, for a minimal fee. There's a gold-buyer place in the next suburb from my...
Take it to one of those gold-buyer places, or a jeweler's or pawnshop. They likely have the right equipment to test for silver.
Yes indeed. An era of REAL thrift. But being thrifty was no excuse not to be fancy while doing it, apparently! I got the idea to fix the pencil...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I think I shared one of these before. Anyway, here's the other one! I bought these two about a week apart, on...
I see no evidence of grain, so...I'm thinking no.
So this arrived in the mail last week: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] ...and ^^this^^ is after a week of using it. The roller is a simple...
I found out what it is! It is indeed, a stamp-moistener!...
That's what I thought - but the base underneath is paper...wouldn't that get wet and peel off?
I've never bought a piece of silver where I didn't know what it was, or didn't eventually find out after a bit of researching. But this time - I...
Absolutely agree. Sorry but I don't see what banning antique ivory is going to do to improving the illegal ivory trade. It's like trying to stop...
They're not stamps. They're seals. Also known as chops. There are LOADS of different kinds of chops. Concealing what's written on them doesn't...
You can still buy modern ivory, so long as it's not poached ivory. There are ways of getting it legally. It just costs a buttload of money and...
As I said, I have no real clues as to the age. But I am certain that they are ivory. Bone is far too obvious to be mistaken, and it's not smooth...
I had to pull all the monkeys off the base to re-seat them (they were falling off anyway) and the underside was definitely ivory, with the grain...
Extremely. I had it checked by two other dealers, and I've been handling ivory for years. I know it looks extremely white in the photographs,...
Bingo! They are, from L-R: "See no Evil, Hear no Evil, Speak no Evil, and Do no Evil". Covering eyes, ears, mouth, and balls, respectively.
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Scored these four cheeky little fellas at the flea-market, and I think they're adorable! They're 1.25 inches tall, and carved...
I think it's a (broken) toothpick. But should be easy to repair.
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