This theodolite comes in its campaign carrying case for some soldier to lug around, and it's heavy. A little research indicates its origin is...
Here is one that did not stay a lamp, it has a hole in the bottom and the rim has suffered round the neck. I just like the style though so will...
It's really a rather poor picture, generally grey and a bit blurred, which makes any detail unclear. Hard to tell if it is 'airport art' or a...
To be fair, I'd have covered it with something as well.
There is still some junk to remove from the garden and garage, but the house as such is now completely cleared. The job was much longer than I...
Thanks anyway. I always assume Chines marks are fake and later.
It appears to be a Xuande reign mark, and I'm betting that it is the usual fake mark from a much later period.
No help with this mark, anyone?
I have never seen one as far as I can remember. So they must be pretty rare. The multi bottle tantalus is the usual way to keep the butler from...
Home. Exhausted.
Quite possibly Sampson of Paris
Into someone's pocket, probably. No way of proving it.
They sure did a great job of keeping them safe In some countries it is said, do not involve the police or your troubles will really start. I did...
Not different ways of saying the same thing at all, confiscation requires statutory authority to deprive a person of goods, and this was not what...
The weapons were not confiscated, they were 'removed for safe keeping' and then apparently illegally destroyed. There was no legal basis for...
I bought them. Might as well post them as any other find.
Best of luck, may the Antiquer's force be with you.
They were not the only things to disappear, but I could not possibly prove any connection. The ones I mention were the only 'official' ones.
The switches are brass, with a million years of 'patina'.
Davey, I went to the local nick this morning, gave all the details to the WPC behind the counter, and she referred to their incident log, and...
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