No disappointment! I only buy cheaply so never a disappointment but always a thrill when something is better than expected!. Part of the fun for...
:lurking: Wondering why they are slightly gnawed!:smuggrin:
How do I know if they are fresh or salt?. Are they worth getting properly appraised or just not worth it if the difference in value is minimal?....
I possibly need veneers now after testing about 100 pearls!!
A misspent youth on a canal boat taught me something I suppose!. I think most are hand painted as it's a traditional style of decoration. Often at...
You beat me to it, I just copied and was about to paste that exact photo!
Very similar decoration to Canal Ware. We used to go on canal boat holidays as a child and this style of trinket were in every canal side gift...
I was inspired by my other post to teeth test my considerable hoard of pearls to try to educate my palate as to when a pearl isn’t a pearl. The...
That's a great idea. I may do that!
I only read news online and I'm not chucking the iPad on there!:hilarious:
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Not dopey at all. Different countries call them different things. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firelighter
My typing was like that when I was b/feeding daughters!. No caps, dodgy spelling & no punctuation. Made for some interesting texts. Messaged OH...
You are welcome. I hope you find some matching pieces and show us :-)
Correct- no knotting. I also think they are just too perfect to be real. They are lovely and very pretty but not a single blip or dimple anywhere.
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Which ones? Or do you mean the brown are cultured?
Agh, just when I thought I knew what I was looking for! Here are more pics. It is as you describe. You push the lever to release the pin and the...
When you find it, no hurry :-)
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