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My dad had an old story about slicing he liked to tell The store where they shopped the most offered free slicing of meat that you had bought...
It only reads the surface. It cannot determine what's underneath or percentage of the whole.
I guess the kids want chintzy stainless now http://lutherauctions.hibid.com/lot/30000169/large-set-christofle-acier-flatware/?q=flatware&ref=lot-list
There are no serial numbers. They are pattern numbers and are same on all of the same type pieces. The same patterns were made for a period of...
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Sockets can be a good indicator, once you get to know em, but they can be swapped too.
I have had replacement cloth cords with whitish plugs in their original package from the early '70s. Other parts of the lamp are much better for...
Looks like a door hinge pin that was altered If tiny, there were some old measuring tools with a small pull out marking scribe that was similar
The diamond cartouche and arrangement of 750 and initials looks French A large part of North Africa was French
Electroformed would be .999 and usually so thin that it needs to be filled.
The flavor is best when it's in the garden. Any cooking kills it.
It's a picker. Like the little blueberry scoops, but 19 inches wide.
My parents came from cranberry country in Wisconsin. Most of the bog owners appear to be millionaires now. This was already an antique 49 years...
Sold January 27th for $4.59 after several relists and price drops...
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I think the various markings extolling the pure or solid aspect started when someone came up with a way to put copper or brass on sheet steel...
Funny there isn't anything more on the google. I know I've seen that text a number of times on similar items. The old sloppy solder can be...
I'd guess closer to 1900 than 1920. The 'small' diamond isn't really that small. I'd think you could get $300 or better fairly easily for the brooch.
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