Judging by the mat, I'd say an inch or two wide, and maybe 6-7 inches long?
Doll's coffin? Cigar-box? Snuffbox? Practice coffin for midget pallbearers? Toys for the undertaker's daughters?
Sterling silver is sterling silver, and sterling silver has been 92.5% all over the world since the Middle Ages.
You mean a stuffing horn? (yes, that's what they're really called)... [IMG]
Some manner of citrus-squeezer?
I really have to ask. Who the hell was it that ever decided that polishing silver devalued it, or whatever claptrap nonsense that was? Silver is...
What the hell's Tarnex? :o
PATINA. The natural colouration of the silver when it was made, or which it acquires over time. This is what the silver looks like. This is what...
I am REALLY sick and tired of reading this. POLISH YOUR SILVER! The longer you don't polish it, the more damage you do it because the tarnish...
They look like cannoli... :o
I don't know anything about Tiffany lamps, but I do know they are BEAUTIFUL and I have always admired them.
Bugle. I know a guy who sells militaria-thingies, and he had about half a dozen of these for sale at his stall once at the market. Some were...
Make sure that you can get the graphite for them, first, otherwise you may be wasting your time. I'm fairly sure these will be OK, but antique...
"HAWTDAWGS!! GITCHER HAWTDAWGS HEAH!!" "Whoo hoo!!" "What do you do? Follow my husband around!?" "Lady, he's putting my children through college!"
If you screw up the restoration - yes, it becomes worthless. But who wants to buy a piece of junk? If you restore it PROPERLY, it increases the value.
All Chinese names are three characters long. I'm only seeing two there, so I doubt it's a signature.
LOL!! Oh woopz... :P Never mind!! Anyway like I said, I've weighed the coins and examined them minutely. I believe them to all be 100%...
My great-grandfather was a Peranakan goldsmith. And my father's family has been Peranakan for centuries. I've traced it back about four or five...
"...The Straits Or Peranakani Chinese were Skilled Silversmiths who left mainland China in the late 19th century and settled in Burma, Indonesia...
1779 weighs 26g exactly (or a fraction higher). The 1790 one is 26.52/3 grams. Given that the '79 one is pretty freakin' worn out, I'm not that...
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