You saying I should've left this thread alone?
This morning's shave. The toothpaste jar, razor set and the tray are all well over 100 years old. [ATTACH]
The Piece of Eight has a fascinating history. That's why I like collecting them. I got my first one about two years ago at a local coin-shop. I...
It looks like the same mark. I'd say it's a match :)
Here it is (bottom) with the rest of my collection... [ATTACH] [ATTACH] The dates are: 1779 (bottom right), 1783 (middle), 1790 (top right), 1802...
The Piece of Eight was Australia's first official currency, so it's not too hard to imagine. Hundreds of thousands of them were shipped over in...
Close-ups of the chain. "DUNKLING" refers to Dunkling's Jewellers, a jewellery and watchmaking house that used to exist here in Melbourne back...
I see RTW (or some variation thereof). Not sure what it'd stand for, though. '900' is 90% silver purity. Not sure what the other mark is.
This came attached to a sterling silver watch-chain as a center drop-fob. The chain was retailed by a local jewelry store. Story goes that one of...
I had a large, Victorian glass apothecary jar jam shut on me once. I filled a sink with hot water, and put the jar into the sink upside down. A...
That Dutch brandy bowl is adorable! I've been lucky enough to see quite a bit of Dutch silver over the years. I've never found a piece I didn't...
It's a quaiche, made in China during the export era. Quite pretty, actually.
You can't see it so good, but it would look something like this: [IMG] Basically the top slides apart, you line the base with blotting-paper,...
Defintely an art nouveau inkstand, ca. 1900-1910-ish, I'd say. I've seen a few of these and they're usually made of brass or bronze. The space...
935 was common in Europe, particularly Switzerland.
Are we playing 20 Questions!? "Can it fit in a briefcase?"
Old MOP fruit-knives like these are highly collectible. People use them as letter-knives and such these days. I have a two-blade MoP pen-knife...
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