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    And another question please.... Chinese (?) ivory gaming pieces

    Do you think? They didn't look like mahjong pieces I'd seen before - the old boys round my way play with bigger proper tile shaped ones. (Noisy,...
    Post by: Ownedbybear, Jun 3, 2015 in forum: Antique Discussion
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    Solid Copper Vase Like Thingy

    Interesting. Over here, ashes tend to be scattered in cemeteries. Although a friend buried her mum's in the back garden. They sold the house a few...
    Post by: Ownedbybear, Jun 3, 2015 in forum: Antique Discussion
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    And another question please.... Chinese (?) ivory gaming pieces

    Bought these today - there must be over a hundred. But can anyone tell me game one might play with them? Thank you! [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
    Thread by: Ownedbybear, Jun 3, 2015, 15 replies, in forum: Antique Discussion
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    Tubelined TULIPS plate. Decipherment?

    Just on the off chance. Anyone recognise either the impressed mark or can read the faint siggy, pretty please? [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
    Thread by: Ownedbybear, Jun 3, 2015, 4 replies, in forum: Pottery, Glass, and Porcelain
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    Finds Thread

    OK, back to finds. ;) I did bling: a nice Crown Trifari necklace at auction last night and a fabadociously HUGE butterfly brooch in a charity...
    Post by: Ownedbybear, Jun 3, 2015 in forum: Antique Discussion
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    Hermes: god of ostentation?

    I have a couple of handmade couture pieces made for Ma in the 40s. They're still wonderful, wearable and in almost perfect condition. Pa, who...
    Post by: Ownedbybear, Jun 3, 2015 in forum: Textiles, Needle Arts, Clothing
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    What is this word?

    Balm, for sure.
    Post by: Ownedbybear, Jun 2, 2015 in forum: Ephemera and Photographs
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    Finds Thread

    desperate, those maybe Welz jugs are six and a half inches high.
    Post by: Ownedbybear, Jun 2, 2015 in forum: Antique Discussion
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    Midcentury Enamel Dish

    I don't think it says Spain, the accent over the N is missing. I think it says Estepona, and that the word above it is probably Ferreteria. As in...
    Post by: Ownedbybear, Jun 1, 2015 in forum: Antique Discussion
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    Finds Thread

    I've got a Palatnik cat. Himself bought it new for me years back in an airport gift shop of all places.
    Post by: Ownedbybear, Jun 1, 2015 in forum: Antique Discussion
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    Art Glass Bowl

    Very recent, probably Chinese, decorators piece. Pretty.
    Post by: Ownedbybear, Jun 1, 2015 in forum: Pottery, Glass, and Porcelain
  12. Ownedbybear
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    Glass Bowl

    Hm. Scandinavian. With that colour possibly Strombergshyttan.
    Post by: Ownedbybear, Jun 1, 2015 in forum: Pottery, Glass, and Porcelain
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    Small Wedgwood Oblong Dish

    Probably.
    Post by: Ownedbybear, Jun 1, 2015 in forum: Pottery, Glass, and Porcelain
  14. Ownedbybear
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    And more Japanese: chopsticks and chopstick rests

    Thank you, khl! I did wonder if they were meant for a couple, given the size difference. Much obliged.
    Post by: Ownedbybear, Jun 1, 2015 in forum: Antique Discussion
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    Small Wedgwood Oblong Dish

    How deep is that? Looks possibly for soap.
    Post by: Ownedbybear, May 31, 2015 in forum: Pottery, Glass, and Porcelain
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    Probably Japanese bowl, anyone recognise?

    Bought this from the same seller as the other Japanese bits. Really nice pottery with a great ring to it, so on the off chance someone recognises...
    Thread by: Ownedbybear, May 31, 2015, 2 replies, in forum: Pottery, Glass, and Porcelain
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    And more Japanese: chopsticks and chopstick rests

    Again, anyone able to help with translation please? I love the stick rests, they're super. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
    Thread by: Ownedbybear, May 31, 2015, 6 replies, in forum: Antique Discussion
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    Wooden dishes with Japanese siggy, any chance of a translate?

    So, today's theme was Japanese. ;) Courtesy of a nice family selling off their dad's bits and bobs. Can anyone read the siggy on the dishes...
    Thread by: Ownedbybear, May 31, 2015, 0 replies, in forum: Antique Discussion
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    WW2 Items?

    Oh, and drachm is also splled dram, as in Auld Lang Syne. ;)
    Post by: Ownedbybear, May 31, 2015 in forum: Militaria
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    WW2 Items?

    Hm. Yes it does look like more than that. Can you measure how much fluid or whatever it takes? Got a measuring jug with fl oz on it?
    Post by: Ownedbybear, May 31, 2015 in forum: Militaria
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