Put sea salt and anything in there and in a few months you have a heap of silver chloride. Never let salt near silver. I have my doubts about...
I'd like to buy another house just to fill it up with unfashionable stuff that I happen to like personally.
That blank eyed skull thing is just too spooky for me to see on my dinner plate. I'd pass on the set.
I think the most significant thing about them is their 'yesterday's antique' status. Stuff can be hand made by god and it won't sell for much if...
Easy to tell if it cast iron or bronze. Apart from texture and colour, iron is magnetic. It does seem absurdly over-built for a lantern.
Is that different to a Goddards silver cloth?
Strainer from the hose end of an industrial pump. It stops the pump clogging with debris larger than it can handle. This is not authoritive but...
There are two odd things about this item. The larger diameter to the end of the barrel seems to suggest a silencer,and the rust on the grip is...
Any marks on the chain? They may be very small and are probably on the clasp. I suspect the cross is silver gilt and not technically 'antique'.
I have no idea of value, what I'd always do with this sort of thing was list it on ebay for auction and see what happened. That was in the days...
You can dye the material using either coffee or tea Light brown underwear may look like a distributed accident. Just sayin'.
Susan, I think your meticulous research often goes under appreciated. I think it is always admirable.
I think if I am not happy dropping my parcel 6 feet onto concrete, then kicking it across the lawn, it's not packed enough. Pretty cup.
Note , I edited my post as I had the wrong name, 'conversations' is the magic word.
The pm thing is called a 'conversation' and the start a conversation button is essentially 'send a PM' Look top right of the page. 'Inbox' is...
You also get them shifted to other box lots, safer than outright pilfering, and can be claimed as a simple mistake if spotted. Sometimes just...
Who knows what treasures they contain? Apart from you, of course. I think 'Fragile' tape is taken as a challenge, though. :-(
Latest update, I had my friend the auctioneer round here today and he was reasonably excited by the hoard, we listed many lots to go to auction,...
I think so.
That looks modern to me, late 20th C. I know you do not claim it is antique, but the depreciation on what looks to be a decorator item is usually...
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