Yep, iron rusts before you know it here on Cape Cod also. One seller at the local flea sells cast iron cookware. He buys it, gives it a lye...
I wouldn't want to sit back in that chair :woot:
Looks very fixable, just needs cleaning, some glue and a new pin stem :)
Just teasing you @KSW :woot:
OK, I know you didn’t ask me, but I LOVE HER!
Without good, sharp photos of the lamp plus any marks we can not help you :(
Congratulations, you have a good eye :)
That looks like Vera Ellen on the cover: [ATTACH]
I think it is sometimes called a bullet cab.
Looks like moonstone to me, and related to KSW's pin :) Probably had a C clasp originally, that rollover clasp looks like a replacement.
I think it would be used maybe for a young child?
OH @Bronwen ... were are you :)
JMHO, an artisan jeweler and likely hard to ID :(
I use mineral oil for anything like this.
Are you sure it's lead came? Looks like maybe copper foil and solder to me, that would explain the variations in the thickness.
Holy Moly!!! Good for you Davey :D
Quick ebay search turned up this sold listing:...
I remember years ago an appraiser in the US Antiques Roadshow was looking at a painting of, I think, horses or cows. He said value can depend on...
Welcome! Food for thought, just because someone is in their 80s doesn't mean they, or their relatives, don't shop at HomeGoods. I'm not saying...
I know, my sister is always trying to get me to join. She keeps up with our cousins and just reunited with the woman who was her maid of honor 45...
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