So how will this affect the antique business? Used/old things have always suffered from being viewed as "old" and "dirty". Now that old and dirty...
Sweet set! Great story! Enjoy! Leslie
That is HONKING! Yeah, I find the stone a bit startling compared to the delicate flowers too. Perhaps it is the flowers that need to go and a...
Wow! Leslie
OOOH! Leslie
It IS a beauty! Leslie
Whooda thunk! Leslie
I suggest strongly to try to remove it (carefully) from the wood board. That would be very acidic... and not good at all for the textile. Leslie
Wow! Yes, probably red fabric... and Turkish wouldn't surprise me. Leslie
So those small holes run from the bottom of the well to the bottom of the piece? Could it be some sort of strainer press...? Like for compressing...
Were the sliding areas just for secret document storage? Leslie
Lovely! We need to see a newly upholstered photo when you are finished! Leslie
I absolutely agree! Leslie
What a beauty! I'd love to find that for $35! Leslie
My guess is that it might be a "book safe"... someplace to put documents or jewelry and mix it up with other books on a shelf. The current tools...
Does it have a stamp on the metal? Are there scratches on the pearly pearls? Leslie
Cool !!! A lead! Thank you!!! That "fits" doesn't it!! :) Leslie
This one is a very odd ball query. What I "do" know: My Great-Grandmother and her sister were maids back in the 1800's for "the two old lady...
It seems like toys and jewelry is still pretty collectible. The unique, unusual, with provenance, still seems to command a price. Does anyone...
It looks to me like a base for a specific object. Perhaps it held a glass display cube? Leslie
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