At 13cm it's too tiny for a bowl to serve soups. It could be a piece of hotel silverplate that had a glass liner. Then it would be brought to the...
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My first thought would be Korean too. The Japanese didn't do the shell work IIRC. The metal base might be something the Koreans learned from the...
Shoe clip here too; dress clips had longer tongue/back pieces and they had prongs on the back. This is a baby.
It does look like the Mick, but it would help to see the whole thing.
My favorite though has to be the airplane; my dad worked for United Technologies when I was a kid, designing engine parts for 747s. I've had a...
Not even close. Cute, but no General. He's the right age to have been in the War though.
I think someone got hold of some old unstrung beads and had at.
It didn't "sing". No matter how well they did, the Victorians and Edwardians couldn't make machined pieces look hand-made. Just like modern...
Maybe somebody found a batch of clasps in the back of a warehouse and repurposed them. or just the pretty half and sold it to whoever made the...
Ask a guard a question and get the answers off the cards! They aren't paid enough to go get a PhD in art history. I've never cooked it either,...
..and collects coins, many of which came from house clearances.
I'd call it chain stitch rather than generic crewel. Commercially made in the 90s usually.
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Looks like more of a collar. Lots of Middle-eastern influence. I can see that being worn by lots of Arts and Crafts-ish ladies once those nasty...
Davey needs the case.
Pretty much. Some amber reacts. It's not as bright as uranium glass, but it reacts. I think you could fit the entire collection into that hat....
Bacalao, for those wondering, is dried salted codfish. Saltfish if you're Jamaican. You have to soak it in lots and lots of water to get enough...
Humpty Dumpty alas is missing his hat; I found the glue mark later on. (sigh) The easiest test, that doesn't always work but at least isn't...
THe difference is : don't use a fish knife on the butter and then put butter on anything but the fish. Also: do not microwave leftover fish....
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