Impressive! From my limited knowledge, I believe the Japanese silver standard is 95%, so that would all make sense to me.
What's inside the pan is traditional sealing wax. I can tell that already just by how it feels. Candle-wax melts soft. And it's very 'soft' and...
I tried heating up the wax using the burner. Despite two and a half hours of heating, the wax softened, but didn't turn liquid. I don't think this...
No! That's my local cafe, where I sometimes go after antiquing at the Sunday market. It has free WIFI (or more specifically, it pinches free WIFI...
I thought it might be for sealing wine-bottles too. But I guess it can be used for any sort of wax-sealing process. What I love is how much of the...
Also, it just occurred to me: Sutherland, Thompson & Co - DAIRY APPLIANCES. Don't some people seal cheese in wax, to preserve it? I've seen it...
Sutherland, Thompson & Company - Spirit wax-melter:...
I think they would've scooped out the molten wax with a little ladle or spoon-type device, and poured it onto the paper/page/envelope or other...
No, it's sealing wax. I recognise the consistency. It's been warming through for about an hour and a half, as of this posting. THERE IS A LOT OF...
Isn't this fantastic?? All complete, all singing, all dancing! I imagine it would've been on the desk of some busy legal, banking or big-business...
cc49 is correct. Age does not equal value. That's the case for a lot of antiques. Case in point - I bought one for $150, and another for just...
The problem with sewing machines - especially vintage Singers, and most antique sewing machines in general - is that they were built VERY tough....
In that condition - $150.00 and under. It's got plating loss, decal loss...plus, it's a very common model. Believe it or not, the fact that it...
Purchased from the local flea-market this morning... [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] The blades of the fleam are marked: "CHANDLER".
That. Is. Gorgeous!! :o
The only ones I've seen that there outside of the 1800s/early 1900s were the little kiddy ones.
Up until today, I'd only ever seen photographs of these things online. I always thought they were fascinating little inventions, and when one came...
Oy. I know. I know. It's stupid. I had one guy offer me some ridiculously low price for a silver coffee set I had for sale once. I turned him...
Value is whatever anyone will pay for it. Georgian silver can go for almost anything. I've picked up pieces for as little as $20.00, for as much...
London, 1772! Very nice :)
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