Interesting is one word for it. Glad she's OK! (but don't tell Bercrystal about all the bottles. :-) )
If those were Grandpa's, I'd hang onto them but also keep an eye on what they're worth. That way no one gets an attack of the doofuses and tosses...
That's still over 10x more than I paid, and at 200+ years old I'll have a few cracks too.
That's it! I found an image with the same arc and dot mark and the decoration sure is the same. I've heard of New Hall but never seen a piece...
@Ownedbybear asked for better pix, so here we go. This cost me a whole US$3 so it came home as a research project. The only marks on the base...
Dunkin dark roast is the same - BURNT roast. They're one reason I go for breakfast roast beans; they're light roast only, not charcoal.
I never used it at all - never had any to test!
If you're in the UK, Elstob's might be one place to look. I've seen a few vids based there and they do some online evaluations, especially if...
They're French; that's reason enough.
That's a true antiquer in action, in the days before cell phones, and a human any old time.
I'd have them sitting on a shelf.. at the auction house.(LOL) OKfine, I'm a philistine, but pieces like this aren't something I really go for,...
The gold rim would have been on pieces you had to go out and purchase. The plain ones were usually the ones given away at movie theaters, gas...
Darnitt. If I had it here with my 40x loupe I could probably read that mark! It's definitely big enough to just live as a display item.
Hairpin makes sense. I'd bet the pin got lost and someone converted it into a brooch. It's a crescent moon. A "new" moon is totally dark or...
It looks like the center spinny thing had two prongs removed, and the rosettes were soldered over the prong scars. Either someone reused the...
That's what I thought too. I think the diamond tester may be set too "high".
Not a clue, but it does look like a ring.
I don't see a glow, but it was worth trying. If it was glowing glass, it might have narrowed the manufacuterer down.
When it comes to tea, I drink whatever shows up.
I wondered about that too. Didn't have time to deal with it today; I got my annual mammogram instead. It was good for a few laughs, the robe they...
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