I picked up this tankard in a thrift shop. It looks to be in very good condition, except that the silver plate seems to have been corroded away at...
This barometer belonged to my father. I thought he'd bought it new as a young man, but my investigations suggest it is nineteenth century, which...
It is 30cm tall (steel ruler in pics is 12" / 30cm) and I got it in South Australia. It is hand thrown, the potter's hand made a lovely spiral...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I hope it is ok to put this thread under Militaria, it is a device that would have...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I bought this pendant ceiling lamp from an architectural salvage place in Adelaide. The seller thought it might be as...
A friend gave me some jarrah floorboards that had been used as a trapdoor in his 1890's Adelaide (Australia) house. He said that he thought the...
I bought this, then realised that it was reminiscent of something antique we had when I was little, which we referred to as 'the Bird and Tomato'....
I bought this barometer because of the glaringly obvious mistake on the face. The numbers represent atmospheric pressure in inches of mercury, and...
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