Still doing a lot of cleaning and removing rust. Then I gotta sort out the base...That'll be fun...not! And tricky... All in all, I'm enjoying...
My friend who gave me the 1906 tambour desk-cabinet to fix gave me something else to tinker with yesterday. I thought I'd share it here. This...
Boi, gitcher maind outta that gutter!
My father bought this display case for me at the flea-market for $50. It was some cheap, homemade affair that some dude knocked up in his workshop...
Everyone expected all kinds of great antique paperwork and money and all, but no such luck...
I honestly don't know. These things are damn near impossible to date unless you have an intimate knowledge of the manufacturer. The same styles of...
This is not mine. I make no claims that it ever was, is, or will ever be mine. A friend of mine is in the process of moving house. This meant...
It's the best I could do. As you know these things don't come with serial numbers and it's almost impossible to date them. The dates I give all my...
I've found Windex to be useful in cleaning a number of items. I used it to clean my 90-year-old typewriter of tobacco and nicotine stains.
Given the long handle, maybe it's for checking for monsters under the bed?
The man I got them from purchased these in France. From the source, as it were. They're lots of fun. My first lorgnette pair. They're usually...
Cleaned the glasses, pulled apart the handle and cleaned and oiled the pivot. Reassembled, and took some better pictures... [IMG] [IMG]...
The lenses are in very good condition. There's a TEENY chip on one of them, but it's right in the corner so it doesn't affect vision at all. I...
Yes indeed. I pulled the lenses out and wiped off the dust, but other than that, they don't need anything else done to them.
[IMG] ....they came with ^^the pouch^^... [IMG]
In all honesty, the case I bought was significantly more elaborate than I was expecting. As well as being larger. But for the quality and price I...
Oh look. There's a silver cow creamer on that page. Somebody better tell Bertie Wooster...
YOWZER!! That price hurts! A Cherute was a small cigar or something, wasn't it? I forget...
I have to ask - what kind of pills would've been stored in pill-boxes? Why are they so small? I have a little brass pillbox, which I keep...
It looks impractical as a pillbox, but what do I know... neat item, though.
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