Yup. I hope he gets luckier than I ever did. A local overpriced charity thrift had a little solid red ginbari vase for sale today. It was 25%...
Oooh purdy. Emerald and diamond? I'd give it house room. Green diamonds tend to be mint-ish instead of grassy.
THe thing your son is sitting on is what I saw in old MCM decorator books in the 90s and kind of wanted. Wanting said books made my mother look at...
Looks like one from here, bare eyes on computer screen. No idea what's in the diamond.
It'll have to wait for real daylight. Today was dark and rainy, and now is just dark. Brain fart: the set is 80s Chinese enamel. The ginbari is...
It's worth looking at, just in case it was something significant.
That's up to you to decide. Do your research and act accordingly. I'm still sitting on a beautiful ginbari set that I couldn't sell for the cost...
I looked at this and wondered if there was a military connection, maybe someone in the Johnstone clan who took the King's shilling? (or the...
..where it rocked more babies and the occasional adult, and likely still does.
It wasn't a diss; it was the flat truth. As of three to five years ago, I couldn't give ginbari jewelry away. Prices have increased considerably...
I thought it was a mix of paint and missing metal. It looks like some of the brass popped loose a long time ago.
At least that old and likely older. It wasn't a cheap thing when new, but it's been rode hard and put away wet. The carytids alone tell me it...
Not nearly as old as it wants to be, but it would be great Reinactor gear.
Glidden - looked it up to be sure. https://dinnerwaremuseum.org/main/glidden-pottery/
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