I'd think powder box originally, but I usually find similar holding bobby pins, buttons etc.
That's what I'd do with it. Just framed a piece of tatting last week - similar idea. It's a good way to make a "piece" into something useful...
It's do-able, but I agree with using digital technology. Get a good clear copy of the crackled original and mess with that. Leave the original...
Open flame acetalyne...not wise. I bet it would still work , not that anyone in their right minds would hook it up.
I'd have run off with that too. The style isn't top of the charts fashion these days, but that wouldn't have paid the sales tax 25 years ago! The...
The punch marks look like real punch marks, bedarned if I know whose.
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