One of the original 3 buildings my college had for student accommodations was named Titsworth. You sort of hoped you wouldn't be assigned there.
Wonder if the numbers refer to a particular verse or verses.
This is starting to feel like a subplot from Downton Abbey.
If there were a Duke of London, would you write it as Duke of Londen? she asks interestedly. Would you do it for a person's name, even if you...
Looks to me like sender got Mecklen written correctly, but French instincts led to 'bourg' before 'burg'.
I'll add that the way the loop is attached to the top is meant to suggest ancient metal work, except they did it better back then. These are sort...
Think it should be Mecklenburg, no? The word 'chez' means something like 'at the residence of' or 'place of', so here it's like 'in care of'.
Welcome JJ. Doubt the hand painted marks on the back are going to increase the value of the bowl much, if any, over prices achieved by others...
Search for 'bookchain' or 'book chain' to see others & find out what other sellers represent them as. A nice one. Brass, quite likely not marked.
All have that same blob at 10 o'clock, good indicator of copies.
I'm not sure whether something that reads rough necks patty tits worth is going to be a hard or easy sell. More of a dresser box than vanity item.
Undoubtedly ivory. Now we need someone who can distinguish Chinese from Japanese. Figure looks like a Japanese girl, not a geisha, but no...
It's SAR, Son Altesse, not VAR.
You can use a large paper clip, if the low point of the ring's shank is small enough, to hold the ring upright so you can give a better view of...
It is stone, although a casual name for the type of helmet shell that produces a similar dark brown color is sardonyx shell.
They would never drill through a Pistrucci, even if it is Pistrucci fille.
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A hardstone cameo is almost always flat on the back & will feel glassy against your teeth. If this were shell, it would have to be helmet shell,...
Is she hardstone (pietra dura, agate)? She looks like it, but sometimes shell can do a good imitation. This is more modern than the ones I...
The cameo itself is a sardonyx, white on dark brown, that has been dyed a bit so that there is a black rim around the brown. The edges & back are...
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