I also remember machines that would deliver a handful of peanuts.
The holes are where the figures are attached. My first impression had been that they were natural to the material, then realized some of them are...
In scouting for cameos, I sometimes come across cameos represented as having belonged to the Romanovs, such as this one, seller says has been...
Googling 'glass standards set' produces results that are mostly barely comprehensible to me, but overall I understand that these sets are used in...
It took a little time to get a reply, but the Corning Museum was delightfully helpful when I sent an inquiry. If I remember correctly, they...
Let's see if this will copy over. Next entry on page says in 1927 a hammer was added, so mark gives a time frame: Since 1908, new hallmarks with...
But after WWII ended.
Ah, I get it now. And assume the carved side is concave? What a great way to repurpose a chair that must have been breaking down. I have seen...
Exactly. Suppose it could still be foiled - seller may see things pix don't show - or may be very like the brooch under discussion here.
Have to say the Adirondack rocking chair with rockers that look like finger bones creeps me out. Maybe meant to be some variety of bamboo? I...
Are there any marks on it anywhere that indicate that at any time it was ever hung from the top or attached to a chair seat at the bottom? All...
Think the lion means it passed as sterling at the London assay office.
This is just me venting &, I suppose, sending out a warning, about professional jewellers when it comes to cameos. I so often see this sort of...
I don't know about the brass ones, but this is just the posture the live ones go into when about to take a dump.
This really is the most likely answer. I very much doubt someone who was criminally insane would have come up with this tender image.
If it were fairly recent, think they would have used much better glue & it would not come apart. Other than guessing it originated in China, or...
High five, everyone. :joyful:
Sounds to me like she is a lady & that some of the words used above do not apply. Her intent may not have been to make you feel bad but to alert...
'Bohemian' is the first word that pops into my head. (And I don't mean beatnik.)
Style also suggests Hanau. [IMG] [IMG]
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