Looks like ivory to me. And if it's in the reign of the Qianlong Emperor, then from the 1700s.
she sounds like an idiot to me.
I had a similar incident with someone online. It got pretty bad. Basically, I had a pair of binoculars for sale. This guy (let's call him Ted)...
I was gonna say...they must've been the world's most amazing scones... Were they blueberry, or plain? :P
I've managed to get amazing discounts on some stuff... $160 from 200. $180 from 250. $70 from $100. ...and my best one: $200 from $400!!...
Not that I'm aware of. I don't think it's a very common subject. It's likely to pop up in books about coinage or silverware, rather than have a...
As you'll have found out by now, it's a sovereign-case or sovereign holder, used to hold gold sovereign coins, which as was stated, were worth a...
Took me long enough, but persistence paid off in the end. 1925 Sterling Silver pocketwatch :) [IMG] Movement made in Switzerland. Case made...
I've always polished my brass with Brasso, sometimes with a small scrumpet of superfine steel wool, to remove any really stubborn tarnish....
A "Kang" is a type of bed made of bricks. There's a cavity underneath for fire which warms the bricks, and then you sleep on top with a mattress...
Very cute, but I agree, not worth much. I remember I bought an antique alarm-clock once (wasn't quite as old as this, 1910s-1920s, I think). I...
Either pills, or snuff. Although that said, most silver snuffboxes I've seen were gilt on the interior. I'm not sure if this being not-gilt...
It is indeed a cast-iron hotplate. The indentation in it is where you jemmied in the iron crowbar to lever the plate off of your old-fashioned...
I wondered when this was gonna show up here :P I read it online few hours ago.
You mean Chinese-export-silver.com? Yeah it ain't workin'. It has a picture of that hallmark on it, but until the site loads, I can't do anymore...
I've seen loads of ear-trumpets. I've NEVER seen one that looked like this, though!
WHUSSAT 'CHER SAYIN', SONNY?? Lil' Tommy fell down the ol' stone well in the woods??
Is it complete? Maybe there's other parts that are meant to go with it?
Some sort of atomiser?
"Look grandpa! A clockwork iPod!"
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