That bit does not look to me to be inconsistent in form or texture with other parts of the nugget. I vote not solder.
Sovereign = 22.05 mm Nickel = 20.05 mm Value used to be 1 pound. Don't know what you did if you got back change!
I considered stamp holder, but they seem not to have any kind of spring. This is most like a 'sovereign holder', as far as I can tell.
Wiki tells me that the Herman's Hermits version was released in the US ahead of Goldie's, so it got eclipsed. You can hear the NY accents even...
It always boggles my mind that such things are even considered acceptable to leave the cutter's workshop, much less to be made into a commercial...
Had not heard of them, although Decca certainly a big enough label to give serious promotion if wanted. Were they a Canadian group?
Yet another name I had to look up.
There is more to wax than I knew: https://www.sculpturedepot.net/clay-wax-tools/product.asp?Pouring_Sculpting_Wax
Strikes me as maybe a Japanese stereotype of a Chinese peasant, skin darkened by working in the sun.
I think it is genuinely what it appears to be & meant to be used, not some kind of decorative approximation. But if you are hoping it is...
If it is European, the measurement in mm might turn out to be correct for typical distance between belt holes?
Maybe attached to a belt? How far apart are the screws?
More than you ever wanted to know: https://lighteddream.wordpress.com/2018/01/01/sundials-to-tell-the-times-of-prayers-in-the-mosques-of-india/
Which one?
Ponytail Girl, I think. No wonder seller does not take returns, although characterizes her as 'Very pretty.' [IMG]
From the few examples of each maker Google is deigning to provide, I would have guessed New England:...
Well, without finding the original, I hesitate to take too firm a stand, but, I think not. :)
Judging from the last photo, this was home made: no knots; clamshell bead tips; attachment to clasp unsoldered, not even closed all the way....
They look like home decor to me, the museum reproductions of their day. Would not be surprised to learn that the originals of all 3 are in...
Guessing something a good Muslim would have to know the time of day & the direction of Mecca, so prayers could be made properly through the day.
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