Hi, The Y date mark is wrong since it says Made in England. The correct date is marked on the base it is 1965. The Y mark would have been right...
Hi, I have several 2 dollar bills with stamps dating July 04 1976 that were sent. We sent four eggs to an Aunt every week that lived in a...
Hi, Those tiles are stunning!!!!!!! Look right as rain to me. Incredible find. greg
Hi, I have some on Nippon era pieces plus I had a huge Bonsai planter with the star on the bottom from the 40s. greg
Hi, Reminds of the 1950s. greg
Hi, It is really lovely. greg
Hi, I have had the star on other Made in Japan pieces. greg
Hi KoT, DO NOT remind me of plate blocks!!! I had an old friend who wanted to get rid of her husbands stamp collection. He had plate blocks of 4...
Hi, Polish it. There is a big difference between tarnish and patina. Patina is just a slight different look by years of cleaning and polishing,...
Hi Bakers, Me too. greg
Hi, Most of the tortoiseshell is from composite pieces heated to make a bigger piece. The sun might have hastened the delamination thus causing...
Hi, I think the story about it being a Boy Scout item is a day dream. I can see it happening since there are two arrows but the eagle is NOT a...
Hi, I have had good results using a high quality CLEAR shoe polish. It is the carnauba wax that does the trick.Try the almond oil first to give...
Hi, Probably real garnets almost cheaper than glass ones years ago. I have an Austrian picture frame with real garnets. I always thought they...
Hi, Shame you let the marble go. A wonderful concoction of bees wax makes most marble repairs work. Replace it with a slab of granite, found...
Hi, They used 12 for tables that sat 8. They used the extras to line the bread baskets and etc. There was always the dumb girlfriend who wore...
Hi, I agree, looks sawed off. Perhaps from damp rot or made for a kid. greg
Hi, I dry fringed linens on a window pane. Keep it clean and put the wet linen on it brush out the fringe and let it dry on the glass. When it...
Hi, I have had wonderful results on cleaning up this type of linens. Hand wash and soak for a while in a mild soap mixture Rinse a lot of times,...
Hi, They will take a long time to dry by dripping. Mine takes at least three hours in the dryer and I still dry it outside for another two hours,...
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