That's not unusual, especially if they needed to hit an exact length. I agree it looks a bit awkward, one ulu-shape pendant per piece is...
Just as long as the tax man can't find the dosh, and fair words aren't taxable. (don't give them any ideas!)
The modern version sure isn't! They've bred it for more and more THC and too much THC causes all kinds of nastiness. Nazi stuff used to be...
Not elephant ivory for sure. I don't think it's bone either.
In a word...yike! The smith knew what he was doing on that one.
That's her all right.
Thirded. The hidden ball clasp could go back to the 50s, but it still turns up occasionally. The rest hits 1989 square in the big hair and...
My only problem with that image is Cupid is wearing too many clothes.:D:D:D
Self-medication. It's what you do when you don't trust regular medicine, or are too mentally altered to think of alternatives. Not my idea of a...
I'd hang it and let whoever keep their baseball caps on it.
Your soak dissolved the gunk that was holding it shut, and off came the cap.
The colors are what Suffragettes in the UK used for sure, but my first impression was that it was too old. Georgian would fit, but the European...
Tallies with what I thought. It's a nice piece of work, but I just couldn't see a Victorian lady wearing half-nekkid people, and the lower half...
Dogtooth pearl seconded. You can't get them there, but I can see a Tennessee River freshwater pearl on this. Heck, I can't get them here either.
That depends on how many generations back somebody converted. If great-great Grandpa was born Jewish but nobody else was, you were safer.
In the old days they sold some "moth proof" wool, but the chemicals used were probably toxic to apply if not wear. I just know vintage skeins of...
Also a dead common Jewish surname in Germany. German ones you can if they're old enough. I did it once, but forget now what the cutoff was.
One is a question mark. Two is a pattern. Methinks this guy just got interesting. Nazi books and two probable Jewish ladies' ID in the house,...
If I were guessing, I'd think that was restaurant ware made in or around Manhattan circa 1890. New Amsterdam is the old name for New York City,...
The first one is a souvenir of Venice, Italy. Not all of them are of the same quality, and "bumpy" beads are common. The second one looks like...
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