I'd nab the button too. If it's not an old button it was made to look like one. I just bought a similar starburst less than a month ago. Mine is...
I like that! Some of his Sailor Moon-influenced pieces not so much, but then I'm not into nekkid ladies. (laddies maybe)
The green basketweave one looks like the one my Mom had a plant in for years.
Mine got here too. One of them is open and looking like a Christmas tree. :D:D:D
Coffee helps, but if the thinking machinery is off-line, it doesn't help enough.
Seconded. Another American here, and pieces like that in my neck of the woods are often donated to thrift stores because they just sat at an...
Truth be told with something that small I'd probably wear the ring and rub the outer surfaces with ye old thumb for a while. Skin acids eat...
Yup. The impressed/molded Wedgwood is upside-down, or the other mark is.
It depends on the toothpaste, I'd think. Another old trick is baking soda and water. Make a paste and rub.
Good seed beads like that are still made, if you want to pay for them.
i don't mind it, but it's not really my thing. Uncut stones work though.
I'd wear that dragon in a heartbeat if I found one. That is if my D&D-obsessed cousins didn't get to it first!
They look to be clear with pink cores.
Sautoir for sure. It may well be that old, but the style came around a few times. A bead expert might sort it out.
Today was a day I dropped stuff at my church office, took a walk around the ReStore and came home. Yesterday morning however.... dingdingding....
Bananas don't brag.
Yep. The numbers on the bottom usually mean it's Japanese, but vintage Japanese.
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The eagles were used between about 1948 and 1978. Some were associated with only one country, and some with an entire region.
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