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One of those times having a second female handy can be useful; almost all adult women can handle the sight of blood.(LOL)
Those need slicing, but you start towards you, and flip the bagel halfway through and cut away the rest of the time. (those who don't use a...
The stone looks like, sorry to say, a high school class ring. I can't see any marks on the ring itself from here.
Edwardian often gets called Belle Epoque too - 1901-1914 or thereabouts. King Edward, son of Victoria, ruled 1901-1910 and the next four years...
I use paring knives for potatoes. I do have a scar from a loaf of pumpernickel bread. I still like pumpernickel, but buy the bagels instead.(LOL)
At a sale like this I'd be lucky to afford the catalog!
I don't know a lot about pierced earrings, but Deco these ain't. Pre-WWI maybe.
And for all that, all we still have is Some Random Dude. (LOL) Figures. But now we all want digital microscopes.
Aha - a pokey thing! I was going to comment on the cameo, but there's no need.
Mom has good taste, or at least good magpie instincts.(LOL) Marko's hubby is in the doghouse for sure!
Not European for sure. I'd have believed them too, but I only know what @Any Jewelry has taught me.
That's my usual MO, only I'm more of a cleaver gal. My Chinese cleaver is great for that. Also whacking open squash, when combined with a...
Someone found the old base and had the top made. Bet it holds a ton.
Huntin' dawg collar ornament? I can see some great big Bernese wearing something similar.
Some tossed and some got played to death by the buyers' kids and grandkids no doubt. They weren't valued.
Fakey McFakeFace as it were.
That's why I was thinking garlic.(LOL) A masher would be a good way to get the peel off of the clove.
What do the marks look like? Sometimes there's a clue there.
The mirror wants to be Italian. Hand painted? I'd be betting the chair is 1890-1910; the back looks like presswood, but better than the usual...
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