I'd be wondering about "deadhead silversmith" type work.
Retail is a rough racket. These days I figure I'm sub-wholesale or wholesale, which is just as bad.
Too true. It does however mean finding someone who can recover a shade if you can't do it yourself, unless you're just keeping it for dating...
Gold and silver now... you'd better be ready for them to sell at metal weight. That's one reason I buy only in thrifts and at tag sales; I can't...
Etsy sells Millenium Bug souvenirs as Vintage. :bigtears::bigtears::bigtears:
The second one screams Zuni, but I bet it was made for tourists. The first one has Native influence, but I'm not sure beyond that.
Some of mine too, if you go back far enough. Maybe ol' Chris ran into some of my crazy cousins? (if they're normal cousins they're adopted; there...
Second half of the 20th century for me too. Last quarter probably. That said, it's a pretty thing unsuited for small children or clumsy adults.
At this point I'd be surprised if an original cloth shade was still viable. At lot of them fall victim to dry rot or silk shatter.
Yup. Oxidized gold too. Both turn up.
It sure wants to be silver.
Yup. Costume stones in sterling still happens quite often.
I've seen the same subject matter done in wood. May the hand of G-d protect you, or something like that.
It's familiar but I don't know for sure.
It sounds like background music from a James Bond film, but obviously an early 60s one. We Americans never heard much about King Beaudoin; keeping...
Some companies here, if I see the name I stay in bed. The sale runners won't bargain, overprice things, or play favorites. Or all of the above....
Same here. Stone tools would be likely.
Bargain hunting has become far more difficult everywhere. Thrift store "experts" lens everything and mark accordingly, if it makes it to the...
That's the problem with metals; the paints have to be metal paint or it doesn't stick. Good old clear nail varnish might work; I've had good luck...
The little box is nickel. I rescued one like the black crucifix this fall and gave it to someone who's a practicing Catholic. She rehomed it....
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