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Scooped by AJ. This mark is an obsession of kyratango's.
I thought maybe Redwing, & found there is or was a Red Wing Pottery, but their work does not look like this & pieces don't seem to be marked.
She looks years younger.
I notice the best the V&A can make of the implement we think is for doing some kind of buttons is: "a closed steel loop with steel mounts, and a...
Cool. :nurse:
Schreger lines are the ones that look like crosshatching. You only see them on pieces cut in cross section. The leaves were sliced going the...
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You did not need to be important to get a good shell cameo portrait of yourself, you just needed the money & to know where to find a good...
I thought it was a paper knife. Would a nurse need a pincushion ready to hand?
I can see how it might work in that capacity. I can also think of ways it might not work.
Yes, they probably are. Conceivably something like Celluloid.
I have been saying for several years that the cameo market has gone wonky. The prices being asked for mediocre pieces are absurd. Part of the...
Most of these were probably commissioned by ordinary citizens with a bit of money:...
https://poshmark.com/listing/German-Silver-Vintage-Evening-Mesh-Purse-5c0aa7306a0bb76acdec63db
Or maybe not. https//www.ebay.com/itm/174657214148
These chain handles are very distinctive & I have seen the name of the maker somewhere, sometime, but darned if I can remember. I have one in a...
Uncomfortable footstool?
Definitely like whistles or organ pipes. The 4 notes together may have made a very pleasing sound, like a harmonica.
For age, do you actually mean late 1800s (late 19th century)? Looks pretty good for something from the 1700s (18th century).
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