When I bring a watch to my jeweller for repair, they have me leave it with them, someone has a look at it & they get back to me with an estimate...
I was only ever a home hobbyist at this myself, so have the right little tools, but never went so far as being able to 'cold solder' things. Am...
There's a very good chance it could be made to run & even keep time well. My jewellers has done a brilliant job at this for me a number of times,...
That's no big deal, it has just become detached, not broken. The use of that kind of bead tip without soldering it closed suggests a home...
Yep, brown recluse, that's the one. Although the biters are not so reclusive as all that. Brown extroverts, more like it. Good you got...
The very bright colors are out of keeping with his work or the 19th century generally. Even if this is a painting and not a print of some type,...
Frantisek. It helps to start with a correct spelling of the name. Looks like he signed Fr. Cermak.
Can the tail be used as a crank handle? Look like all the wiggly bits are meant to wiggle mechanically.
The pearls in the main part of the necklace look like they are cerclé, or circle pearls as they have come to be known. Any pearl that is not...
Naef Orfaley, jeweller/sculptor. I have a turtle by him, not so fancy. It's in the job description.
[ATTACH] Not mine & totally irrelevant. Decided to stick him in anyway.
OP's doll definitely looks played with, unlike my Mme. Alexander's, who stayed primly in their stands on top of my dresser. If this one wasn't...
This is one of the things about trying to read & write on the computer this way as compared to a good old sheet of paper. I'm getting a...
I think he looks ram-bunctious.
They provide a good design for some beautiful jewels. The one I have liked the most was a large spider shoulder brooch with an abdomen made of a...
@Bronwen Mother was 26 and would have also been "too old" for dolls. :p If Granny is 96 in 2018, I make her birth year as 1922. In 1940 she was...
Have known more than one person who developed cellulitis after a spider bite. Horrible condition, difficult to treat. Don't know which species...
The poses are so typical & the surface isn't batter & effaced: [ATTACH]
Take 2. [ATTACH]
The one that appears twice does not quite look like a coin to me, more like one of the Poniatowski gems:...
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