Hope you're not taking my playing along with the original joke as mineralogical truth! Matrix, yes; newt, no.
Think that was Vee's joke, not meaning.
No paint, no harm.
Did anyone look at all 555 pages? My scrolling arm got tired by 196. Appears to be the jewellery catalogue of the bloomin' British Museum. I'd...
Turquoise with matrix, aka Eye of Newt.
I'm not a ceramics specialist but 'W. Germany' limits the age to 1949 - 1990.
My vote is for brass.
What information are you seeking that is not on the labels?
I thought there was no way I would sit through 5 mins of this but was fascinated. I didn't realize bow drills were still in use for anything....
I didn't even know about repairing with staples until I joined this forum. Was immediately intrigued. I think this one should count for at least...
Keyham & Heyham are both going concerns as names. If you're in Britain.
The pyramid & compass are Masonic symbols. Not sure about the stars. I would read the monogram as AN.
[ATTACH] @fettan4 We don't seem to be making progress on your question, except perhaps identifying country of origin. I know nothing except if...
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Would the distributor's name be cast into a part where it's only visible when the lamp is in pieces & yet no maker's name? Perhaps they were more...
Think that gets the meaning perfectly & that a more literal translation would be 'commonly known as'.
It seemed to me my dad was never so happy as when he was doing some job & found it required a tool he didn't have. A home improvement store was...
Thank you. He really was extremely faithful to the original, which is by Guido Reni. There are places he could have left out the detail & no one...
I saw that spot, & you're probably completely correct, but I'm giving it the benefit of the schmutz/lighting artifact doubt until OP confirms.
I was using 'hard' in the way the average person would apply it to a stone. Corundum isn't just hard as determined on the Mohs' scale, unlike...
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