MYTH #5 If trying to sell an item to an antique dealer, you will not get what the dealer has it priced at. I cannot tell you how many times...
JMHO, not Art Nouveau in style. They are very pretty :)
This is what I have done for cleaning a shell cameo: - Clean with warm water with mild dish soap and a soft toothbrush. - Dry it thoroughly. -...
Add to that, "I bought this at an estate sale, the lady was 95 when she died, so it has to be old!" Nope, sorry, even grandmas shop at Pier One...
The bits that hold the swinging part look precarious to me, I would be afraid to put anything, or anyone, heavy in that :woot:
I used to have a 1930s-40s waffle iron, got it at a flea for $5. I used it every Sunday for years until the element on the top part stopped...
https://www.replacements.com/webquote/babbab13.htm Replacements calls it BAB13.
I love Sister Wendy also!
And a photo of the front of the cameo please :)
Here are two more, long since gone to new homes... Gold filled: [ATTACH] 10k gold, carving of Psyche?: [ATTACH]
This is a set a friend found in his sister's items ten years ago when he was cleaning out her house. She had moved to assisted living and pretty...
I would give Etsy a try for the turquoise cabochons, I got some perfect garnets for a repair on a Victorian pin there :)
Are you sure it's a horse? It looks like a rampant lion to me. Can you show a tighter close up?
I have an old National Cash Register. When the drawer comes out there is paperwork glued to the bottom with the date of manufacture, model #, etc....
Just for fun put it out in strong sunlight, you will be amazed! It's how I knew mine had uranium in the mix :joyful:
I had the same piece, the answer I got yeas ago was: It's an Ice Bucket, the pattern is Spiral, by Hocking Glass Company (before they became...
OOPS! Forgot photo... [ATTACH]
Too funny! Reminds me of these aliens from a Star Trek Next Generation episode...
Can't help ID but I don't think it's a tea pot. A tall shape like that with the spout starting high up is usually a chocolate pot.
Strictly speaking it won't be antique until it's 100 years old :shame:
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