Nice haul. I love the blue grapes.
We had a "genuine" naugahyde chair in the early 70s. Green. Don't blame me; no one asked the kids!
It unfortunately does look like it was made to fool. If the gold is gold she's still worth a good bit in today's market, just not Renaissance...
Many Naugas gave the hydes for this! Not sure I'd be sticking my hand in that.
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Seconded. That was the heyday for those dolls, and the makeup is pure 1960s "dolly". These dolls continued to be made, often from reproduction...
heh heh heh.
She's a clothes pin doll - made from a wooden clothes pin, either original or made later for crafters.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VVSdaPz1KEg A literal maharajah's treasure. The site barfed on inserting a "short" video as media.
Not so mini soon, if this keeps up. Such problems to have!
SCORE! Whoever let that get loose is crying in their tea right now.
There's no slack in the string, so it was made that way.
The plain jane modern ones I saw had metal mesh strainers. They worked.
It was used when you pour tea out of a pot. Europe or the UK mostly. I've seen the same design in stainless steel. Loose tea leaves sometimes get...
It may have been done deliberately for some reason. Just don't ask me why.
That's how they ended up here. Officers sometimes carried the family sword into battle, where the GIs took possession one way or another. If the...
Barcelona is an odd place to find Hopi silver! It probably went there in someone's baggage, either as a gift from an American or a souvenir from...
Agreed: repatriation is a mess. Where did she come from, and does that "where" still exist, and who's in charge there now. Do they even want her...
The back is saying 20th century to me. The hardware and wood just don't look old. It's a nice table, just not an old table.
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