Hi Dave, Thanks for that. I did wonder about the "FOR BABY"!! :P I shall have to re-name this in my sales advert...
That's what gripped me, too. Often they're completely wrecked. The silver is almost tin-foil thin. I'm amazed that's survived!!
Made in Birmingham for the firm of P. Orr & Sons, based in Colonial India... [ATTACH] [ATTACH] "BY SPECIAL APPOINTMENT" P. ORR & SONS...
Absolutely. Once I've laced my corset and found my fan and primped and powdered my hair oh god there's so much to do! And you KNOW the carriages...
Not bad. Had one significant dent which I was able to remove pretty successfully, but I'm not going to bother with the other little pinhole ones....
Ooooooh!! :P
Made of sperm? Scented with sperm? Sperm-coated..? Fill me in here.
Two BIG pieces of silver. Together they're very-very-nearly a whole kilogram of silver (about 490 and 502g each). Don't know anything about how...
I used to work in a charity shop for five years. I was quite happy to pay next to nothing for antiques and flip them high. The charity's got the...
I flipped the set, and doubled my money :)
It doesn't look like any sewing machine attachment I've ever seen in my life, but that doesn't mean it could be. Mainly, I don't see any way that...
Yes, it is my intention to sell it :)
I checked all the pockets and took out all the paperwork that came with it (envelopes, notepaper, an old letter from 1964 etc), and I found the...
This was $10.00 at my local flea-market, and I think it's just adorable! Anybody who knows anything about me here will probably know that I have...
Thanks. I've had people suggest etui, and necessaire. Wasn't sure which term was more applicable.
Mystery item! I hope someone can help me. I bought this for next to nothing, from a lady who was getting rid of a whole heap of junk. It was...
Thanks, it was not easy!! Especially cleaning behind the snuffer-arm spring. I had to remove it, clean it and then somehow put it back. I managed,...
AJ is right. Since coins were of PROVEN GOLD or SILVER value, jewelry and accessories were often made of obsolete or foreign gold or silver coins,...
Melting down or reusing silver or gold coins to make other things was very common in those days. I've seen bracelets, cufflinks, belt-buckles,...
After much, much, MUCH cleaning... ...now, you can actually READ "Dunhill" on the snuffer-arm... [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Works...
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