Very Well Done!!
Those 'jewels' sure look like they're affixed with some liquid adhesive...which can be fairly well seen under 3 of the four stones, in the last...
Also, you mention possible uses for it...all of which are ingestible. A long period of European history saw the use of Pewter for table ware. Why...
Pewter would be my guess as well. Very nice old vessel, with a goats head on the grip, that body-integral spout...and the unusual location of the...
Locally (Washington state, upper-left corner of the map) one of the 'solutions' for powder post beetle is a washdown with ammonia...Parson's...
"Agree, but it works even better if you press the Q-Tip on the coral for 20-30 seconds, no rubbing. Don't worry about loss of colour, there won't...
This is old...but may have been dyed. It belonged to an Aunt who got it in Europe (Italy or Spain) in the early 1960's. As a test, soak a Q-Tip...
That looks genuine, to me. Corallius rubrum, probably; known as Precious Red Coral. My experience isn't deep, but the color is good, and so is the...
The bar is almost certainly Babbitt metal, a pourable (when molten) material used to line journal bearings, like connecting rod and main bearings...
So do I...waiting patiently for silver to break $40. At 81, I may die before that occurs. I've got not quite 300 Morgans, having sold the Peace...
It's really a shame her flap is busted!
I understand that. What I meant was how many Americans fail to recognize either a Morgan or Peace Dollar...I should have made myself clearer about...
Ver' nice, too! BTW: I often use a Morgan Dollar for size comparison. It's surprising how many folks haven't seen one.
I forget where I got it, maybe 10-12 years ago. The custom apparently, in rural Thailand, is to have a water barrel near the path that runs past...
"...trying to work out the scale" Yup...weird perspective. A bit of vertigo?
‘Two stringed musical thing’ OP is to be appreciated publicly...for not adding a Y to thing!
It's got a very nice assortment of stones!
YEAH! A little butt-view...what's not to like?
Are those Queen Anne Legs? Also: is it one piece, or does the top separate from the bottom?
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