I mostly stuffed my own stocking as usual. (LOL) The bar pin is dragon's breath glass. Found a typewriter key bracelet and kept it. The rest is...
Welcome! I have no idea of either piece, but I'd bet someone else does.
About what I'd already figured. I've found Dutch-made modern pieces here once or twice, probably brought in as gifts or tourist souvenirs.
Too bad my late Uncle Herb isn't still around; he was a WWII-era tool and die guy and might have known what it was for. My dad might have too.
In some cultures it would mean she's of marriagable age but not yet "taken". Other places would consider it "advertising". The picture has a...
It looks too small for the filtered ones, but it would easily hold the hand-rolled non-tobacco variant of recent vintage. (the sort still illegal...
Or if she did midwifery, contractions. Probably mostly pulse though.
It would make a nice guitar pick holder.
It looks much happier now!
It's an artist thing, and I'd imagine something a woodworker from any era would have done.
It would have to be somewhere a nurse could read it and keep an eye on whatever at the same time.
That poor Victorian dresser makes my fingers itch. The artist (such as it is) in me dearly wants to have a go. Was it originally grain painted?
I'd say the same. It looked like a cool thing to do, so he did it.
Certainly could be Russian. I'd be over that with a loupe for marks. With any luck the maker got it inot his head to hide them.
It's a crying shame it wasn't recognized, but those of us here would be crying all the way to the tabletop to sit it on!
The construction is very recent. Beyond that... https://rodrigootazu.com/ Dutch manufacturer if I don't miss my guess. @Any Jewelry ???...
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