Rust is a different problem. My lamp had brass bits. For light rust I might try steel wool and olive oil. Water-based stuff might just make...
No idea who made the bowl, but at $3 it would have gone with me too. Quickly. I'd have left the Avon on the shelf. Some places won't sell it at...
Just make sure the worms have vacated before bringing it inside.
It looks like "souvenir of Egypt" stuff, or an inspired-by. Snakes, a pyramid, lotus flowers, scarabs etc.
I'm not sure if he's really cute or really ugly. Mix of both, hence the appeal probably.
I think she's Biblical - the Widow and her only son. The son died and the prophet Elisha prayed and he was restored to life. (unless it was...
The design is 1000 years old, if not older. The pinback is 1950s or later and costume, but it could easily be a replacement. The front...no idea....
Sometimes you get lucky and find a whoopsie. These days alas, I find Avon bottles. (and leave them.)
I'd take a crack at that, hopefully without cracking anything. It doesn't look like an impossible task.
Looks like you got a nice collection, which alas isn't worth what it was.
I figured that might happen. It's a Meme thing that's in common use. Otherwise I wouldn't know either.
The fakes can be educational too.
Not walnut. Apple??? natural cherry?
Pretty set! It's good for another 100 years now.
An all-black cat.
They all appear to be Russian scenes. Souvenir art maybe.
They're gorgeous, but as an investment they're a boat anchor. Buy it if you're going to use it, but otherwise leave it to the next sucker. "Hand...
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I didn't inherit much, but have been known to make off with WWII Victory pins.
I think it wants to be larimar; it doesn't quite make it, but it's close. The design is 1970s craft fair.
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