Into a nice, safe place it goes. Once you're done gloating, at least.
I like it when that happens! At least the political mess is good for something - higher scrap gold prices.
You'd need a really tiny bottle cleaner to get in there. Yike. No wonder nobody touched it. Possibly just as well, since it means no one broke it...
Now that's a rather large flea. No idea who made the plate, but you know a man designed it. :p
She was one of the greats. RIP.
It's much happier out from under that nasty coat of paint.
Or a child-size toothbrush, or is that what you used? We joolies use toothbrushes for all sorts of small cleaning jobs.
Oho. I've seen a coal stove or two, but never a fireplace. The wooden handle would make sense for a coal poker since it doesn't transmit heat.
If that point would get stuck in a piece of wood, not a wise move, but who said humans were wise? I guess we do wisenheimer pretty well, but...
Looks happier now. Off to a dark corner it goes!
Ack. Someone trusted Google Image. More fool they.
Yup - iris and violets, even if they're white.
An excellent hole-poker. Not sure what one poked the holes in.
The vase I mentioned is sitting next to a modern piece of Belleek, marked DOWN to $75 from $125. Unless they get smart and knock it down to $50...
Most USAians wouldn't mess with it much, on the grounds that it'll only look this bad once.
I don't even want to think about cleaning one of those, and odds are no one else wanted to either. These boxes were intended for owners with...
It looks happier now.
Things that sold quickly here are sitting now too. It doesn't help when a place tries to get top dollar. The local ReStore has a Korean-made...
Kiwi paua shell salt and peppers. Pretty good for a junk lot.
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