Ah that makes sense! Thanks. So. London 1901 :) Neat! But who's M W??
Your guess is as good as mine!! Here are the marks. They're ONLY on the pen-shaft, but the pen and pencil are identical in style, so they were...
[IMG] The hallmarks are VERY hard to read, but I can make out... M W (presumably maker's mark) What looks like a Lion Passant & Leopard's Head...
The box was one crack away from the rubbish-dump. There was nothing left to devalue. Only value to be added. And it is a guy's box. It originally...
MOAR WISSELS!! [IMG] These are real police-whistles, as used by the bobbies back in the old days. And they worked wonderfully, once I'd cleaned...
I have ANOTHER BOX (yes, you read that right) which is currently being restored. Once that's done, I'll post that here, too.
Thanks folks. I almost gave up on this box at one point. I was one step away from shoving it in a cupboard and forgetting about it! Or, sending...
It's a huge problem, Bev. People say: "ooooh you shouldn't restore it! It should be kept original! It ruins the value!!" IT IS A PILE OF CRAP....
...THIS! [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] Unlocked... [IMG] Locked... [IMG] [IMG] I filled the box with original Victorian-era ivory...
Yes. Another one. I bought this thing at least a month ago from a lovely lady who lived near the coast. She was selling it and I found out about...
It's not a page-turner. It's only six inches long. I have some real ivory page turners which are much larger.
More ivory. Antique letter-opener. Bought this today for an absolute pittance. It was so cheap, for a moment I thought it was fake. Both I and the...
You don't have a clearer shot of the pages, do you? I can't see what's going on. And I'd like to read what the text says.
I can't imagine why someone would think they were fleams. I've always known them as ink-erasers. I have friends who deal in antique writing...
You're thinking of fleams. They're not fleams, they're ink-scrapers. You're right, the tips are somewhat similar, but the purposes are VERY...
Tol'ja :) In the United States, I think it's almost illegal to own ivory. But in the E.U., U.K., and parts of the old British Empire, the...
One of them is a button-hook. One is a spike or hole-puncher. One is a file. And the last one is some sort of hook. I believed it was a crochet...
The big ruler at the top, and everything on the right-hand side, is part of one box. The crochet tools and the letter-opener are part of another...
[img] I collect writing-slopes, as some here might've guessed. Many writing slopes originally came with ivory accessories, so I've started...
I'm inclined to think that Nick's theory does make a bit more sense. I was actually contacted by a descendant of the Balfour family, and he said...
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