I think I ended up with a bit of silver today that was trying to make itself look like brass. It turns up, tellin' ya.
18k for a fiver? I can't see why!
It looks like a churn dash but doesn't quite get there.
UV and fluorescent show different things. I've never had alexandrite glass under a blacklight to see what it does. Fluorescent bulbs are or were...
Just like my signature - illegible from any angle!
Some of last weekend's goodies. THe quilt top is a repair job, and probably a friend's Christmas gift. Three Beleek vases about 7 inches tall....
It's also $$$$$.
It had me wondering too. Still not 100% convinced, but the thread changes colors in that tan area. The Chinese-made factory quilts just use one...
For that price as long as they're not plastic, they're going home!
So sharp they cut themselves, as the saying goes. Maybe the silver guy only counts British sterling as silver. (wonder if he misses Britannia...
Not sure I'd call it a flower frog. Tulip vase maybe, or are the holes too small?
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Looks hand-stitched, and not Chinese-style hand-stitched either.
You've hit the right person with our resident perfume bottle collector then. I'm just a generalist magpie. If it screams "buy me" I buy it.
Time to repaint the room so they'll coordinate!
It might even be American, the Chinese not being likely to put opium poppies in decoration. At least I don't think they did. The motifs were a...
I love the ring too. The puzzle balls turn up here but since i essentially can't sell ivory ... but they're still cool. As for the silver, who...
My first thought was Connemara marble too. Interestingly, no Irish hallmarks.
I was going to say "Random Dyed Rock" but y'all beat me to it. Hard to miss at 50p whatever it turned out to be.
One would think a Canadian would recognize a British hallmark, but sometimes they get missed.
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