I had a toy submarine with a sort of pipe thing. You placed it in the bath with you, and could make it submerge and rise. I loved it.
Not from what I've seen of fifty years of watching the dancers in situ and taking part. They most certainly wear both.
Colours are amazing. I suspect she used the newer aniline synthetic dyes, given her age - they were jsut becoming available.
Also worn by traditional dancers such as moixegangas and sardanistas in Catalunya.
Thanks both! It's on a double strand of twisted bare wire as far as I can make out. Certainly looks as though someone took trouble with it.
I had a pond yacht. We'd sail it on the Whitestone Pond in Hampstead.....
Pan has proper horns. A satyr, I'd say.
Not all beads, but anything which is capable of generating and holding charge. So plastics, including natural ones. But not wood, or stone, or glass.
Arabic. Or Farsi.
It tests silver, and yes, certainly it's that embedded turquoise and coral. A marriage of beads and pendant had also crossed my mind. I think it's...
I think your Egyptian faces are part of something else, but that isn't much help. ;) I also think they're older: the glass colour and quality...
It could well be, I've had other bits of it. The other beads are weird. ;)
If it's a decent Baccarat, it's well worth it. The buyer would almost certainly do that.
Shortbread stamp, not butter, hence the thistle. Sold widely here. Butterscotch amber is eight times the price of gold. Nice find. Try a UV on...
Ah. Matchbook.
I know people who'd polish it - and have done. The value then is rather splendid. ;)
I like this. I'm keeping it. ;) The only marks are SIL and W&S, and they look oldish. In the sense of not within the last forty years. I'd...
That figurine looks Doulton Lamb[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] eth. Bottom please? I'd love to...
People, can we please remember that if someone's first language is NOT English, what they say can be misconstrued. And indeed, that can also...
Agree on stamps. That's a nice cold painted thing and would sell rather well here.
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