I'd say, not really. It's not an original crumhorn or some other really old instrument, it's just a bit old, and by itself that does not always...
I think it is just so you can pick it up and wave it about.. In any sea rough enough to matter I'd not have any naked flames standing about in my...
It seems to me it could be angel Gabriel's horn but if it sounds bad it is bad, or it could be made by some men in a shed, and if it sounds great...
6 is very common. Unlikely to have any value except for someone to use as everyday cutlery.
That is what it is. It would be left burning on the table for the gentlemen to light their cigars with. Late 19th, early 20th C.
1 megabyte, but even that's pretty huge.
Coin collectors use something to reveal the dates on worn buffalo nickels. I don't know just what it is or what the effect is, just that it...
Yes, marquetry, 20th C musical jewellery box, Swiss movement looks ok, and nothing to do with Tunbridge ware in this instance. Possibly 1960s. I...
He wanted $600 to clean & repair ( overwound) my dad's 50s era Swiss chronograph watch....but he said he'd have to take it apart. No watch or...
If you do get a cleaning estimate do not go to a jewellers, they will send it off to their repairer and charge you double what he charges them....
Clearly it has come unstuck to some extent. Just keep restarting it and after a while it will run the full spring length, 30 hours, or somewhere...
and we haven't taken one of those guided tours again! I could give a guided tour here. We could start with the block of flats across the road...
I think by the 40s it would say Heil Hitler, not have an English style sailor suit and not have what I think I can see as German pre Nazi crossed...
I must admit that my eyes are down to about 30% efficiency, which is why I am always moaning about people's pictures.
I am looking to buy some nice netsuke and okimono if the price comes down a bit more. Not to sell, just to keep.
I think everything has been covered by others. In my opinion the watch dates from around 1900, it has a Swiss barred cylinder movement with one...
Let's not forget Lira. Deriving from the same latin origin, the abbreviation £ is also used for Italian Lire. then the apparent decimal point...
A picture of the whole thing, full on and in good light, and a picture of the label on the back may help.
[IMG] It looks more like marquetry than Tunbridge ware. A picturein natural light without the reflection would help. also general and close up...
What would you call one with a fixed mirror? A cheaper version? Ideal for short people? I took in an art deco oak piece today Rather like a...
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