What INH said. I was about to say - Australia has never had a nationwide and official system of hallmarking like what they do in Europe. The...
Antiquer, picker, collector, dealer (if you buy and sell)...
At worst, your hair will smell of roast beef, or your dinner will smell of scented shampoo. Win-win all around, I reckon!!
I'm guessing that this...FIXTURE...for want of a better word...was in like, a mud-room or something, between the garage and the kitchen? So...
I can't decide if I was kidding or not. I mean on one hand, yes I was. But on the other... WHAT ELSE FITS THAT SHAPE!!??
Collapsible opera hat.
Meat-skewer. For holding the meat in place on the serving board while carving. Also, for decoration. Or at least, that's always been my...
YIKES!!!! :o *starts counting pennies*
I am curious - where do you get those handheld XRF scanners from?? I've wanted one for years!
Going by the hairstyles, I'd say it's Charles II and Catherine of Braganza?
I agree. Chinese daybed or opium-bed. Probably would've had Chinese ceramic pillows along with it.
A few observations: 1. It's lathe-spun (you can see the drill-marks from where it was mounted to the lathe) 2. The mortar & pestle aren't...
Made OF china, more likely! :P But yes, I think it's an old-fashioned light-switch cover. And a very fancy one, too!
I imagine that it's something like these old-fashioned turn-toggle light-switches: [IMG]
These things exist, so...?? [IMG]
I'm guessing that a button or toggle comes out the end, so some variety of on-off switch? Lights? Bell? Something of that variety.
Cool! A set of antique buttplugs! They oughta be worth somethin'...
I agree, it's a terrier of some variety. It's very cute!
If you want more information, I wrote this, the other day. It's from my blog. I would've posted it earlier, but I was having internet issues......
When I buy a pocketknife, I clean off all the surface-grime using oil and tissue-paper, cotton wool, and 0000-grade steel wool (for polishing and...
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