Take it back to the studs...and get rid of that tree. It's salvageable, but someone's going to do a job of work. Worth it in the UK since housing...
The patent will only lead to who made the clip mechanism. They were sold to all and sundry. THe OPs came as one of a pair, probably from a five...
Greetings. Sounds like a good excuse to dive down all sorts of rabbit holes.
You can tell what the arist was trying to do, without having the training to actually get there. I bet someone would like having it.
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Whoever gets those will be one happy camper. The electrician who has to fix the house will be too... if he/she charges by the hour!
I'm betting some shade tree mechanic will want the lot.
Trifari did some nice ones in sterling. Bring a nice price too if you find some. Theirs were patented, but were inevitably knocked off by all and...
Not horribly, but it would if I wore the garment and looked good in purple.
A sari indeed, and not a cheap one. It may have been damaged and thus never finished off, or else someone chopped off a piece because they didn't...
Crowns were a hot design for years. I doubt Her late Majesty had any influence.
The bottom looks old, but the hardware all looks modern. 'Tis a puzzlement.
THe metal hardware doesn't look horribly old to me, but it could have been replaced. I have a hunch though that it's Italian and 20th century,...
What she said. One reason European joolies are always looking for it, while we Murricans don't have a prayer of ever finding any.
They're not old enough.
It's a crown design, probably circal WWII when they couldn't get brass or pot metal. THe stones are glass.
I saw two siggies from here; the Weiss mark I could read and the other I can't. Gold-filled probably? Nice collection.
Nice souvenir. Most of what I see here was Made in China.
The table is definitely a winner.
Well, sort of. Not every bead - maybe every fourth.
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