Seasick was the first thing I thought too.....:wideyed::yuck::vomit::dead:
This is a simple page from Digger O'Dell on dating a bottle! Sorry if I have overwhelmed you. It is just a favorite subject of mine.......
Bottles that use the word "cure" in the embossing or label it are generally between 1860-1906. I knew when they stopped using the word cure but I...
This is a very informative site. Again, learn about pontils, or the lack there of, and learn about "reading" the seams on the side and the...
Learning about the bottle manufacturing process and understanding pontils and seams is the ticket. I will try to find a good site explaining those...
I recognize that! I do spend a lot of time helping my dad and often have a go and a no go control set.
Superb point. I was just going under my impression of them which could be, and often is, faulty.:bucktooth:
My father is a precision machinist. Regretfully as a young woman I had a serious aversion to being endlessly dripping in oil and coolant and did...
This page may be of assistance. https://vintagecitizenwatches.com/tag/date-of-manufacture-of-a-citizen/
I believe it is from the 70's or 80's. No earlier since it has a quartz movement.
I would agree with that summary. I believe before the antique market crashed so hard they probably would have been worth twice that but not today....
I like it!!!! I suspect it has decent value in that area of collectors. I will see if I can find any comparables when I have a minute.
With all due respect I don't believe these accompanied a clock. I would expect a higher quality of gilding on a clock garniture. It seems that...
My favorite bottle in my collection is my "microbe killer" bottle! It cured ALL DISEASES!!!! The link has a Google pic of a bottle like mine but...
Welcome plague_doctor! I love old medical and poison bottles myself. I look forward to learning from you!
I am totally ignorant of Chinese items. If I am understanding GUI correctly though as a ritual bowl offering of food at a tomb I would think this...
What a lovely piece! I wonder what the bird is? First thought I had was a dove but then again the beak doesn't seem right....
You have better eyes then I do say_it_slowly! That is it!
I have McCoy Pottery Collectors Reference and Value Guide Book Volume 3 and it is not in there. It seems that even when a flower pot is very small...
That is a lovely thing Any Jewelry and now I shall be looking at the bottom of old weathered looking Balinese pieces any time I have an opportunity!
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