Romeo and Juliet? That would be my first guess at least.
Yeah well; they didn't have a Ms designation back then anyway.
I hope the paint was post-factory; it's pretty well post-paint now unfortunately.
It looks like Sanskrit or something similar. Beyond that I have no idea.
Even better! We never had the boxes, but did have similar trains. My late dad was a rail nut. He inherited his cousins' trains, including some...
Looks like a reflection. I generally use a damp cotton swab and sodium bicarbonate, aka baking soda. It's pretty universal and dirt cheap into...
The Replacements price and reality are often very different, but even the FeeBay price for a place setting is pretty decent for stainless.
Now that's a good marriage.
I was in two today - one Ill Will and a charity thrift. Spent 50 cents total. The Ill Will had two jars this morning, but someone bought them...
American Flyer train, or am I imagining things?
The silver one is .800 silver, i.e. 80% rather than sterling. I don't recognize the maker, but I wouldn't. I would however have bought it for...
Glass for me too.
It may have some age on it, but not a lot. I'd say 20 years is about the outside, and the odds are better on 5-10. The back and front are both...
I'd probably knot it onto some fine leather cord and leave it at that. One of those ribbon "chain" things might work too.
Well if @moreotherstuff hasn't tossed them..?
The joke of course is that Ms Langtry was a mistress of the Prince of Wales. (and all of this is coming from an American and a Dutchwoman. Go figure.)
EN 1st C[ompany?] A military gentleman would make sense.
It's glass in the center as far as I can tell, set in metal. The ribbon may just be ribbon; black was used as a fashion item by the time this was...
Lots 587 and 588 were ... interesting. I wouldn't want to have to explain those to my curious (if theoretical) 10 year-old!
It works with cloisonne.
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