I do agree the word onderkus is Dutch.
I'm rather fond of both of them. They're a bit battered in places, but I like the natural motifs. Literally peanuts to buy and the seller chased...
Interesting little brooch. Almost reminds me of true damascene, but it isn't inlaid, rather the body is blackened. Before and after cleaning....
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Here's a mystery. The tray body is plate, I'm fairly sure, someone has tried to test it. Handles, maybe not. They're marked - anyone decipher...
I have fond memories of North Island NAS.
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There's some videos on line of how it was done with hand driven lathes. That's a lovely little thing: you can see the irregularity of a hand made...
Shaving cream is a thought. I vacuum before cleaning, just so as the crud doesn't mix with the cleaning stuff.
There's no sign of any oil or residue, no way of filling the thing. Given what Peerless made, I think davey got it!
Might say France.
I see dead people.....
<giggling slightly at cluttered>.
komo, my number two cat is normally a very outdoor boy. When we had a foot of snow last winter, he lept over it, piddled in the nasty stuff and...
Vacuum the back with an old stocking over the cleaner nozzle. Get a clean piece of old towel and carefully rub it over. That will get most off. If...
It doesn't imply for export, it was standard marking here, regardless of McKinley. The date clue on that image, by the way, is the almost...
Now you've said Ireland, I'm not surprised. Has the look of a decent bit of early 19tth Irish provincial mahogany.
Ah, but when you've several hundred pairs of clips........! I find clips really comfortable, it's the screw backs that annoy me.
AH! I do believe he's got it. Thanks davey.
It's a 1930s in style version of earlier blue and white transferware. I can't make out that green mark either, but it might be someone like...
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