He certainly should be mounted and framed now if he wasn't then. I can think of how I"d do it, wire brackets and no glue, and would be sure to...
OTOH I'm seeing some of the swirlies in it that would be present in bakelite. I wouldn't be too surprised either way, really.
at least they didn't end in the dumpster..I hope. With Ill Will you never know. I hope somebody else couldn't believe her luck and scarfed the lot!
If I had to guess, I'd say it's from the 1980s. No idea whose mark that is.
That's an oldie.
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She doesn't look old enough for that, but...who knows.
Eating with that nose ring in would take some practice.
I have hoot owls outside, who feed themselves. I don't need one of my own.
Fakelite is plain old plastic given a coating so it fakes out bakelite tests. For a while. Mostly made in China. The colors and weight are dead...
I don't know what the root beer clamper is made from, but I'd be hoping bakelite too. Sometimes the inside texture/finish gives the game away, but...
Bakelite should be a lot heavier than real amber. Real amber is very light; bakelite feels heavier than it ought to be. I'd bet on the ruby in...
IIRC some traditional "native" smiths used copper solder, since they had a hard time getting the other.
There is bakelite that is legitimately called "cherry amber" color, in both opaque and prystal. Faturan is another substance entirely, a...
What I was thinking. but..depends on the sister!
Last week's goodies. The brown necklace is bakelite, tested because I could, but it's the prize from Friday. I also scored someone's...
Fingernails don't pick up everthing, but they do find most of 'em. I've seen the phenomenon before too. Higher prices on silver than on gold....
I can see that with some catseye glasses, black heels, and bright lipstick and black sunglasses rockin' down the road. The OPs would be a tough...
The corp rats don't even sell jewelry any more. The Sally does, but I haven't found anything worth buying in there in a decade. Even walked out...
The good ones are all volunteers - no paychecks to worry about and no big corp-rats. They also can't see bitty marks. I can usually smell them....
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