It would need to be quite a large monkey. And no canines in the set.
The handle issue bothered me too. Does appear to require a padlock, not so usual with document/despatch boxes I would think.
Seems a bit like a trophy, so perhaps elk, moose?, although horse not out of the question.
I don't collect stickpins per se, but have acquired some over time. A number of them are in a vintage salt shaker & a few others are inserted...
There's one of those geyser things in Lake Geneva, but this looks like a smaller place.
Could it be for ammunition?
Since the other seems to be a grain measure, perhaps these are sieves for grain? This is one kind: [ATTACH]
It is a chicken, yes? Only one hole for contents to shake out?
Like a small modius.
I'm impressed by the excellent condition of all those delicate little petals.
Now I can't find the necklace in question & am really vexed. It's graduated MOP beads that have yellowed. Think there's a pic in someone else's...
The sort of thing we'd get my grandfather for his birthday that he would proudly place on his desk & never use.
Welcome, Merry. You don't give us an indication of size. Right off I'd say it's for rings, if it's fairly small.
Ooooohh!
Way cool. I envy you the space to keep it as I presume it has to lie flat? And Garamond is one of my favorite typefaces.
If these were restrung, someone did a far better job of getting the clasp back on without slack than I did when restringing something similar....
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I don't begin to have Shangas' knowledge about them, but will observe that the skiver (love that new word, just have to remember that it's not...
What does it do under UV?
What is it strung on?
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