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If you are going to collect brooches it help to get to know clasp types. I have learned a great deal on this site but i also furthered my...
I use to do a lot of refinishing I know how hard to hand sand but the only way to protect the wood. I am getting to old to do that !
Nice.
Thank you for sharing. it is always good to have something to look for!
I have one in birds-eye maple. My grandmother gave it to me when my daughter was born. She told me the auctioneer said it was from 1700's. i was...
Didn't we just have a brooch with that exact star in the middle? Great find. My sister never even glances at jewelry and she goes to thrift stores...
I have spend the last week sorting through paper goods and books at my late mother's cabin(luckily next door) and low and behold look what I...
You are so right on the color. We inherited a few battle scenes from my mother and they are obviously original seen across the room.
Pretty sad that I had to look up lump hammer! I must have 30 hammers that i picked up at sales and not one lump hammer among them. That is my new...
Most military buttons I have dealt with have a manufacturer on the back but not all. i would try your google lens to at least identify the crest.
I have a spoon from alaska with the little gold nugget my parents picked up on our trip in 1960. I bet they don't add the gold nuggets anymore!
Have you tried google lens? I have collected and sold military buttons but have never come across those even in my books. There have been periods...
The eyes of children and baby animals are closer to the nose than an adult so yes child but in a rather provocative dress.
I am wondering if they were resized depending on their use ie. advertising , book illustration, calendars...
Looks like it has some age. Would have been all gold colored at one time i bet.
I can see why you like it. I do see the resemblance to pueblo pottery in shape and style.
I have sold some pewter in that style though not with that mark. I would think pewter.
Welcome Brenda. I like the term furniture artist.
Ditto on beautiful.
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