@wiscbirddog - your mom sounds like a tough old bird. Good for her!
One of those cheap modern C clasps maybe. Or a busted rollover.
To quote myself above: It's a programming term - adding features just to add features, because you can. Except that sooner or later you add so...
If it's .915 silver at that weight, I'd say you did OK.(LOL)
It's a programming term - adding features just to add features, because you can. Except that sooner or later you add so much stuff the program...
I bet there is too. That's going to be interesting. @TraceyB .... this was Moms engagement ring turned into a cocktail ring....but the main...
I'm more your caffeine type, so I wouldn't know.(LOL)
Next question - who dunnit? The cup looked like quadruple plate from here, and I recognized the candleholder. ('cause I'm old like that.)
This doesn't look particularly old. I'm betting the compartment was just there as "feature creep". They did it because they could. If this were...
W00T! Where did those marks come from? I take it the two-handled cup is Victorian white metal?
I got some chrysocolla from Peru or some such, but Eilat it wasn't.
[ATTACH] The Saturday goodies. I didn't get a shot of the gold, I may later, but there are pairs of the earrings, and the roses and chain on...
I'd say butter too; it's too small for much else that would require a lid.
Greetings! I'm just north of Hartford, but the site has people from all over the globe. If one "guy" doesn't know the answer, the next one often...
The enamel says this isn't as old as it wants to be, but some dog lover would want it! I was raised by cats, so I'll let someone else grab it.
I'd wear my bib, just to be polite.
Same beast. It's on the Endangered list now or some such and can't be harvested.
That's Hawaiian wood coral; I have some around. It doesn't weigh all that much. You can see the tree rings in the pictures.
I've hit some smaller versions - 14k chains for a dollar, an egg yolk amber necklace for $5, but no 17 century furniture.
It's pretty impressive that the Caucasian population went from 300 to 210,000 in 80 years. But I bet he was singing all the way to the bank!
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