I'd buy the pins too; the one with the safety pin clasp has a Victorian iris rhinestone. The setting almost has to be silver.
They're goofy. I like them.
Same here. I'm trying to learn to appreciate some of it, but even though the Kincaid paintings took a lot of technical skill they have zero...
Nippon usually means it was made after 1890 and before 1921, if that's any help.
That said, most of the rings in the one picture look good to me. The goldtone one looks like Avon, but I have to wonder if the narrow wedding...
Maybe Grandpa had it on a shelf, and somebody figured there might be other collectors out there?
They do tend to be squattier. I have one on the shelf in back of me. That's why I said the one in the pendant was kinda long to be one.
It wouldn't surprise me, back before shipping went beserk and we still had international sales.
No idea, but I can see that selling at an antique store, and quickly. Purple sells.
Flapdoodle also gets used in similar circumstances. I got one of my few negs on eBay for using "drat" in a message. A Victorian expression...
Textbook Art pottery, for sure. I wouldn't call it raku either.
Things I left behind today and maybe should have nabbed: the fabric box. I can still remember shipping 1930s printed flour sacks to Japan....
A double S sure did. I think it was a carryover from Fraktur. (fancy written German )
I think I've seen one or two for sale, but marked with Yesterday's price tags. Left them as found. I've never seen one in the wild.
I tend to snag anything that looks hand-made. I've been known to use them as packing in Secret Santa or other gifts, much to the delight of a...
Got my blacklight batteries changed and the red stone reacts but the green ones don't. Not sure if green garnets would, but I'd say the odds on...
I'd use rock crystal quartz. It might even go as herkimer diamond, which is clear quartz too. Most of those aren't long like that though.
I kind of get that, as much as a commentary on AIDS as art. It's definitely a museum/gallery piece though.
In Latin, the I and J are the same letter. In English of this period spellings weren't standardized. I can easily see one being omitted, since...
Some of them are. Some aren't.
Separate names with a comma.
