Let the doggie double as the foot rest?
Nothing going on here today. I took a load to an antique dealer, bought some stuff too, but still came out ahead of the game. I flipped two...
Skirt lifter for sure. I think the Victorians invented them, or at least made them popular - kept the hoop skirts out of the muck.
It does look like a mirror back. Maybe the rest of it broke and the owner made use of the piece that was left?
Found some Faulex at an estate sale this morning; they got to keep them. (LOL) I was first in the door at one estate sale this morning, and...
If it's British, and since it's just marked Silver it might not be, I'd say about 1900, but bar pins were a big thing right up until WWI and some...
I've been making extras including one muslin one marked "Mask goes over mouth and nose" in fabric marker.(LOL) Thinking of handing that to the...
Seconds on the Staffordshire. No idea who or what the topic is supposed to be. Now if only the stuff was selling for what it used to! The...
Oh well - close enough for my purposes.
It turns up here every so often. I find fewer fakes than I used to; I think everyone caught on.
According to Taupou she's a Navajo souvenir piece. I still like the carving on it though.
Navajo souvenir piece then. Thanks Tapou.
Corn maiden?
Aha. I could have sworn that was Alaska, but it's made of cottonwood ... ?
I paid too much in an antique store. It's not something I'd ordinarily grab, but the carving is really well-done. It's marked Alaska on the...
Last weekend's stuff, at least the pieces worth photographing. I found some vintage Sony electronics - a Watchman, sport Walkman etc too, and...
I never argue if it works!
Old glass pearls can be de-gunked or de-painted and made into nice beadses. Some are opalites. I sat here tonight watching random stuff on the...
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