Young Frankenstein! (Gene Wilder, Marty Feldman, Chloris Leachman... )
Anyone under 40 or without language lessons of some sort.
So...maybe shady doings? or...probably shady doings. But if so, why leave the wrong RN number in full view inside?
I'm just a crazy Yank, but a) old for sure and b) welcome! Iron doesn't get to looking like that unless it's been around for a looooong time,...
Similar things are still out there, and for some problems.. what the heck. Might as well give it a shot if nothing else works. One this old...
Sometimes you'll find old pieces with two, three, four etc sets of markings from when they were passed down. I hate seeing those sold, but love...
ONLY?? I've never seen one that early. It's geek bait for sure.
It sounds legendary. I will never get to go, alas.
Same here. I used to line up every year for a big synagogue rummage sale. It cost money to get in the door, but I bought bags and bags of literal...
This one is bone. The molded ones are white white, and this one isn't. At least it's not ivory; real Native carvings were often done in fossil...
It was a bear of a job, sounds like. The restorer knew what he was doing, or I hope he did!
It has a printed-in tag instead of a tag tag, so it's of relatively recent manufacture. The tag says 100% cotton, made in Honduras (of American...
That's better than I can get...which is none at all. Hair combs and jewelry of all sorts can fit into a small space, but in large quantity. I...
That made me wonder too. Japanese designs were copied in the West and still are. The actual gilding looked like something a Japanese factory...
I can see them sitting on a back shelf, forgotten until grabbed down and put out for sale. That happened in other shops and factories. They were...
I'd bet it was made for the distiller and given to sales reps or the like, probably as a Christmas bonus. As Whittier suggested, since they're...
Those might be on the earlier end; the design looks more late 90s than late 2000s, but I'm not familiar with her work.
Ivory can't be sold here at all where I am, so the porringer would have to be sold damaged or for scrap... which would be a crime. I have no idea...
The butterfly looks Japanese, as does the decoration at least in execution. Beyond that I'll leave it to the experts.
If it's the cream and wasn't liquid, a damp paper towel takes care of the dried-up problem. Rub towel on the now-solid, and then rub the box. if...
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