In shape they are very like taper candles you can buy now. Would have to wonder if this is relatively new wax in an old box. May be just as well...
This Sotheby's auction gives you an idea.
@daveydempsey Category reassignment surgery needed!
Not entirely random. An angel for Heaven & a skeleton for Death. Both in style you see on old grave markers. Not to say this piece is...
Half doll.
Champagne flutes or parfait glasses?
It is English: There Are Four Things Remember Well Death Judgment Heaven and Hell Tr Brouse [The four last things.] An Honest Employment Is A...
Museums get given all sorts of things. These appear to have been 'deaccessioned', after all. But if they had a display on local natural history...
I was thinking the same thing.
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Spring or no spring, I couldn't wield something that size with one hand & would use them for woodier stems & small branches, i.e., pruning, hence...
Well, pliers meant to get a grip, guessing so you could turn, something very specific, gnurled, never used for anything smaller than the size they...
With handles that long, I would call them pruning shears rather than secateurs.
Agree on all points: right size/shape for mail; textured surface appears deliberate & not really meant to look like the result of age.
Yes, one episode has a character named Novarose.
Greetings, Gavin. Are you, by any chance, a fan of Inspector Lewis?
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Sunday-brain.
Sparklers could catch fire & get extremely hot, but not explode in any major way. (Although not sure what would happen with a packed can-ful.)...
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