I have some glassware that is getting cloudy or milky looking. I've noticed this on old bottles, too. How do I clean it? How do I prevent it?...
Once upon a time, a loaf of white bread contained enough iodine that it could be used to filter cheap likker to remove the lead. A chemist could...
My great-grandmother, Augusta Jordan, on the right. Photo taken in Birmingham, Ala., [ATTACH] mid 1890's.
If it was poorly made, it likely had more than enough lead on it's own. This that I have, though, wasn't made "to sell", it was made to...
Oh, yes, I have the key!
Grandpop (Walter S. Brower) was an attorney, first in Birmingham, Al., later in New York, and finally back in Birmingham. He was born in Kewanee,...
Well, my grandfather was from Kewanee, Mississippi, and I've been told that he appreciated a good drink. It wouldn't have been too surprising for...
I appreciate that, and besides, it's not for sale. I like to have an idea, though, for insurance. Thank you.
This particular corn whiskey was made by a fellow named Noble Gray, in the early 1950's. When I knew him (lived next door to him for a few years),...
Ah! I didn't make that connection.
Also, is this decanter more properly used for liquor or liqueur or fortified wine?
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Thank y'all for your help with my flask last week. This week, I'm sharing pictures of a decanter,...
Mine fits well, and with a new cork liner, it doesn't leak. Woodford Reserve fits it perfectly.
Wow! Thank you!
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] This is a flask my grandmother gave me before she died in the early 1970's. I've always enjoyed the imagery,...
Where are they located, and do they have a website?
I have a pint mug that was silver plate. Most of the plating had worn off, and the remainder was buffed off by someone who was going to have it...
This has been with me for a number of years. I'd like to know what it's value may be. Thanks.[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I can find no evidence of a seam, and no markings other than the engraving. I've examined it thoroughly with a good magnifier, and there's nothing.
I have a nice antique walking stick . . . This black (ebony or ebonized wood) walking stick is 35" long, and the head is 1 3/8" x 2 1/2". As you...
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