Hi, Throw my hat into the ring also. i just love then thing. greg
Hi Rose, The old ones were usually clear glass. When see thick glass with lots of bubbles (seeds) I always gravitate towards Mexico. greg
Hi Terry, I concur, would remove the silver and make that copper gleam. greg
Hi Af, That is not a shed, it is better than some of the houses down here in the Pines. greg
Hi Shiloh, The tassels are different because they are two initials. It is the cypher for Tzar Nicholas ll of Russia. The inital in the...
Hi Pat, For everything else I also recommend mineral oil but for removing stuff from bronze, olive works better. I never wipe off, the tiny...
Hi Messi, Put a little catcus in it or even one of those "air plants". I would stuff it and use it as a pin cushion. greg
Hi Mikey, If the inside is not bronzed I would turn it sole up and just soak the top. Oil should not hurt a little bit of leather. greg
Hi Mikey, The only way I know is to soak (submerge)it in olive oil for a while perhaps a week or longer. I learned this hint on the coin board....
Hi, I absolutely love that tie clasp. It would be great for a math teacher. I showed a slide rule to my nephews and they said (I think it is an...
Hi AF, I am getting the strange feeling that the pieces I highlited in green are newer add ons. Very strange. greg[ATTACH]
Hi, Just a note to cloth napkin users. The secret is to extreme heavy starch them. I used "vintage" napkins for dinner parties and removing...
Hi Silver, Alexandra's are really really nice but The Vanderbilt women were famous for their pearls. VanCleef had a Vanderbilt set in their...
Hi, Too late now but when I do a vase with sunflowers, I spray the heads with cheap hair spray. No pollen. No expensive stuff with all kinds of...
Hi Pat, Carroll Gardens was a "cleaned up" name of this side of Red Hook. It started at the Gowanus Canal down to the Highway. It was where the...
Hi Pat, Had to laugh years ago I used false eyelashes to make spiders for Halloween. Odd Lots had bags of them (a gross) in different shades and...
Hi Pat, It was St Paul's Carroll St in Carroll Gardens. It was one block north of St Stephen's the church in the movie "On the Waterfront". I...
Hi, Had to say I was worshipping in a High Anglican church in Brooklyn and several of the prayer books were published in the 1850s and still had...
Hi Tye, Here is a hint I learned from the Met in NYC. Take a candle and light it, quickly put the hallmarks real close to the flame so it...
Hi, First thought was Persian also but if I remember right a lot of repros came out in the 70s. Not saying your's is but need verification....
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