Thanks. It's summer in Australia right now, so I'm mostly wearing sarongs around the house, because of the heat. Here's me wearing the belt...
HAHA!! No!! The only Peranakan belt I have which DOES fit is one of my ancestors' ones (the one that you see in my profile-pic). The other...
Yes, I bought another one. I've never had a Peranakan silver coin-belt, before. I know they exist, and I've seen photos of them, but I've never...
Wow. Honey-glazed mahjong tiles. Leave to marinate for 50 years and then serve on a square table in neatly stacked rows. And yes, old tiles do...
Thanks for the suggestions, guys. I agree, the end-loop looks like it's designed to hook onto a button. My guess is that some fabric, or a strap...
It's not a needle threader, I've got two of those old Singer threaders already.
I bought a whole heap of antique sewing-thingies today, and this spring-loaded thingybob was part of the mass of rufflers, hemmers, piping-feet,...
All mounted!!... [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
For those who are struggling to understand how these things work - here's a demonstrative photograph from the aforementioned Michael Backman:...
That's how I got my first pair! Some older couple was selling them at an antiques fair I went to. They didn't really know what it was, they just...
I shall have to pay closer attention - I've never seen any solid gold ones, not even in museums!
There was another pair online for obscene amounts of money...I ain't that desperate!! But these were just-about-affordable, so I decided to...
Here they are next to my rectangular ones... [ATTACH]
Michael Backman is an excellent resource for stuff like this. His website is fascinating to read.
A bolster is a long, padded pillow, usually cylindrical or oblong in shape... [ATTACH] [ATTACH] The bolster plates are sewn onto the ends for...
My last purchase for 2024!! Or at least, the last addition to my collection for the year... [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Like the other pair I bought, my...
I wouldn't worry. I've been playing mahjong over 20 years, and I've never known anybody who ever uses them.
I find it interesting that so many of them have windows in the front, instead of just wooden slats...but they still wanted to lock them up??...
Maybe it's Russian and they were trying to protect the Faberge Eggs?
We were playing nonstop between about 1-30 to 5-30/6-00. Soooo...4, 4.5 hours, maybe??
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