Loratadine is my friend.
It can work the other way too. I listed photos of a lady in her wedding gown on eBay (photographer's proofs) and a family member bought them and...
(sigh) In the old days it was the other way around. I used to answer questions on a UK message board that didn't even have pictures, just for...
Welcome back Barn Owl! As for the OP's bracelet, or remains of same, it's an old Italian micromosaic. How old...who knows.
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Later than that. I'm seeing 90s or later. Made in India probably, Bali or Thailand possibly, and sold all over.
That'll do it!
The glue was lousy.
Made the chair comfortable and made it easy to move to clean under it. Double win.
Bar or a liquor store probably.
Not necessarily; IIRC "Africans" was just another way of saying slaves.
That's purty. If it's really low, check under the feet and see if there are holes for castors/wheels. They often either fell out or were removed....
Certainly possible. Maybe the dining room was too small to hold the aunties and uncles and et ceteras. My great-grandparents had that problem....
Easter dinner maybe, if it's a warm climate. Everyone's in their Sunday best and the furniture isn't designed for outdoor use.
Not necessarily. The big one looks like tagua nut too. They come that size.
Azure-malachite is what yours look like. Looks like you have some lapis beads too - newer ones. The older ones have fewer pyrite inclusions....
Could be then. Looks brown from here.
Looks late Victorian to be too. Probably Italian, but beyond that... dunno.
The lapis and the chrysocolla beads ...bingo! Picked this up for $25 today at a charity shop. Kosta Boda. Already got the eBay listing written....
Quartz. Ametrine is yellow and purple, generally artificially colored/irradiated. These are lord-knows-what. I'd classify it as Random Pretty Rock.
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