I thought he was what's called 'an old goat' in my culture. :D
She's the one I was drawn to. Her children are the 'wild frogs.' Are there domestic ones?
Moved to where it belongs. My bad.
I'm intrigued by #4. What am I looking at there?
I can tell you from direct observation that both ends are business ends. They are voracious eaters, with the expected consequences at the other...
Ganesha the bear.
Psyche is definitely Victorian. Think it's quite possible the original hinge, pin & clasp have been replaced with what is there now.
The smaller hole closer to the head is the one I conjecture you could close with your thumb to raise the pitch. Now bosko you just have to work...
Lamp base? Hole is for electrical cord.
Some modern whistles have a ball inside, & this looks like it has the hole you can put your thumb over to change the pitch. Maybe it also served...
A page with annoying ads trying to redirect you, but you can see pix in between:...
Swagger stick, once upon a time?
Maybe the crack in the shell prevents successful whistling by letting air escape instead of going all the way through? It's a wonderfully well...
Does the ivory piece actually screw into the wood? I.e., is the wood also threaded?
Definitely ivory. Traveling corkscrew missing a bit?
Hmm [IMG]
Frederick Warren?
As I said, my grandmother used the lidded jar for salt, so I was a bit surprised when I learned that the line included an item specifically for...
I have what I think of as my corn shrine in the kitchen. The pieces are John Cusack's* design for McCoy. The nucleus of my little collection is...
I had a couple of the green ones a number of years ago now. The metal is very soft & the stone struck me as dyed chalcedony (quartz). Think they...
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