It ought to be mid 19th C from that number. http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ido/oeip/taf/issuyear.htm
But be wary: there's plated liquid silver beads out there. Whilst the clasp may be silver, it's possible the rest isn't. This looks like a...
Indian, certainly. Could be a bit earlier, these do go back a while. Maybe 40s or a bit later.
Leaves aren't right, and no big visible stamens, so I'd say not.
Ah, but you do mine the stuff. ;)
Hm. I wonder if it's Lindenthal. Those are old lime trees from the look of them. Here's some Cologne canals:...
Oh people. ;) It says TEA rose. The n is a badly transferred a.
Hm. Different markets and availability. I've had the propelling pencils and found leads for them.
I wondered about clematis too, but I can't see any tendrils and the buds are the wrong shape.
I bet the Polish Embassy in London has records of who the Vice Consuls were. No Polish shops near you? I've several friends who could probably...
I think it's a canal rather than a river.
I would. Call it deco, I mean. The female images are very reminiscent of what you often find on 1930s buildings here. Have a google on Eric Gill...
Excel, certainly. You can put hypelinks in cells to link to your photos, too.
Shiloh, if he gets nauseous with the chemo, ginger of almost any kind will help. Ginger tea, for example.
You can certainly buy leads for those pencils here.
Petroglyphs.
That pewter lidded one is nice: kingfisher, bullrushes and auriculas, plus forget me nots.
Might be a carpet bowl, rather than ball. ;)
Sort of Victorian copying earlier styles - the hasp is mimicking mediaeval.
Agreed: transfer with a touch of brush work.
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