You have to wind it, and there should be a little toggle somewhere around the turntable to start and stop it. Does it use stainless steel...
I think it's cinnabar lacquer and it looks to me like it might be old, but that doesn't mean much. I think lacquer is usually applied over wood....
You can buy peroxide bleach at the grocery store. I've tried that, to no effect. Too weak?
And where do you get the peroxide? And what is it's concentration?
There is a cleaning technique using hydrogen peroxide, but I've never done it. I'm sure others have. I'll start a thread. The peroxide is a...
That's an attractive table. The problem with auctions is that you think if you'd bid just one time more, it would have been yours. It's what...
It's definitely something to be aware of. Dinner wares that have crazing have very limited table use. They'll stain at the drop of a hat. If a...
My guess would be that someone used it to serve some liquid that resulted in the stain - maybe some kind of gravy - and the underlying ceramic was...
Well... something happened to the bottom that didn't happen to the top.
I don't think it's intentionally tan colored. I think it has discolored with use. That can happen when a glaze has over-all crazing. You can...
I think I'm seeing an impressed 8 as well. Is that smudge the remains of a mark? How about a close up of that?
Spray the nuts with a penetrating oil like WD40 and give it time to work in. That might free them
I still think toy, but wait for Springfield. If you think it's meant to be loaded, is there a touch-hole to ignite the charge?
Go with what Vincent says.
It looks entirely repro to me. I think it would be dangerous to load it with a firecracker.
I wasn't paying all that much attention either. I believe this is the item where someone mentioned steampunk, the first time I think I've heard...
Check completed sales on eBay to what similar lamps have sold for.
I thought it was the clock mechanism that was missing.
As near as I can make out, it says something along the lines of: For my France, I am the invincible rampart For the Germans (Boches), I am...
The stand beneath the Ardalt figurine is an integral part of the figurine, unlike yours. The hands on yours are more finely delineated; the...
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