I'm quite chuffed to have my post seconded by your esteemed self. :)
It's from the series Harcourt Brace Modern Classics, so publication was long enough after the original for Babbit to have become a modern classic.
The Portland Vase was shattered even though in a case (pre-plexiglass) & not by a child. Guess too much booze can make a child of anyone.
Thank you. Now I'll be aware & less likely to confuse it with French marks.
@DragonflyWink Is this that same fox head mark that came up in connection with the locket brooch?
Maybe there was some sort of preparatory coating they could put on? Or the paint used was different? I'm just pulling things out of the air.
Don't you find that you can often smell brass? Sometimes you have to warm it a little by rubbing on fabric or skin. The magnet is a nice...
No, but some antique miniatures were done on Celluloid to get the look.
The segments with the clear beads look home made to me. Think this has been rejiggered.
Not mine, but always makes me chuckle: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
???? If they don't stick they're not iron or an alloy containing iron. Brass does not contain iron & will not stick to a magnet.
Then we're kind of running out of options here. She's not shell. Have seen her before, so, a molded, mass produced piece. Does it seem hollow...
How old would it need to be to be old? Sometime 1950s onward, I would say. There was a lot of faux Victorian in the 60s.
Glass or ceramic, painted. Don't get it wet.
Late 19th, I would say. Since there does not appear to be room in the box for anything below the oval, the hook at the bottom was probably for a...
This is just a generalization from experience with jewellery. Countries that wouldn't dream of using less than18k gold, except maybe for tourist...
Has it already been more than 24 hours since you made the erroneous entry? Sometimes you have to wait to try again.
The different designs on the 2 ends make me think marriage. Blanket chest?
That would be something. You'd need a tank the size of my apartment. I have 2 semi-aquatics: a western painted turtle & a surly beast that's a...
I really have seen very few of them over the years, always for big prices. Tortoise is even more stringently regulated than ivory & as the owner...
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