Acetone isn't abrasive...it is a solvent.
I've got one, too...sans literature or presentation case, just the coin in an airtite. Considering the increase in Silver value since those dates,...
Don't think I've seen frosted Mexican glassware, especially with that lovely graduated shading. Nice!
Fact...it's a real problem.
Thanks for the clarification, Janet.
Yeah...looks to have been a one-off, made for that plate. Pretty heavy wire; seems a bit overkill to me.
So...it seems the original post was simply in the wrong forum? Had it been posted in General Discussion, would it have therefore been...
I'll confess to no knowledge at all...but it's probably mid to late 19th C...I think.
Size? Where'd you get it? Other perhaps pertinent tid-bits? An' may we have a few close-up pics of the back, front, an' edges? Thanks!
I think it was Spot ON, Books... It is risky to speak one's mind, an' ain't that a damn shame? Yeah, blah blah rules about politics, religion an'...
Why was it pulled? Or may I ask...?
In the US, there is a saying: When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns.
Pretty hard to tell, by me anyway. Marzi & Remy looks to have been the maker of all of them, but why they're not so marked is a bit puzzling. What...
Hey, Davey...May we have a few pics of the pistol? Pretty Please?
That thing is proud to the surrounding surface, an' under a loupe is clearly just a wee bit of clay, a production remnant of no significance. In...
Perfect! The grip is more detailed, but this seems to suggest that the design of mine is, or was copied from, Marzi & Remy: "Tyrolean Outdoors...
Great! Like mine in that it has the wee cavity for anchoring a pewter lid...but theirs shows faint residue in that area, soil-shadow from the...
It may have had a pewter lid; there is the small cavity in its grip near the rim for anchoring one, but no evidence remaining of one being...
Tres Magnifique!
I, for one, think you done right well seeing more than its initial appearance, Johnny...Sweet piece o' glass!
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