I think it'd be cool to turn it back into a walking stick. Regarding ferrules, I have heard of people using brass pipe-fittings / end-caps as...
Absolutely definitely ivory. I reckon it may be a walking-stick handle. Rings, staples, hooks etc, on walking-stick shafts / collars were...
A set will have two sets of "flowers". One are the actual flowers, and the others are the seasons (but still called 'flowers'). The colour of the...
A traditional mahjong set, with no additional wotsits tacked onto it, is 144 pieces. A 152pc set would be American. The birds go with the...
In a perfect world, you'd remove the brass hardware, sand/polish, and refinish/stain. Not sure if you can do that with this without damaging the...
One thing I would suggest is getting the machine re-wired. Something that's on 95-100 years old will likely have very dodgy electrics by modern...
Looks like a pretty standard sewing machine from the mid-to-late 20s. The model is a WHITE "Rotary" unless I'm mistaken. The black-crackle finish...
Mahjong racks are only really a thing in American mahjong, which I don't play. Your best bet would be to search for a set on eBay or a similar...
As an old antiques dealer I know once said: "Whatever it does, it's doing it now, and TOBIAS made it". "Who's Tobias?" "Two old bastards in a...
I would be extremely surprised if this wasn't the answer.
I'm like, 95% certain it's the handle off of a pair of lorgnette-style opera glasses.
I've got three of them. One of them is my everyday magnifier which I wear on a chain. Has the original lens inside it from 1800-whatever and it's...
They're called "lorgnettes" (from the French "lorgner" or to "leer" or "stare at"). They're usually held shut by a little spring-loaded catch or...
Not really. I mean, it shows that bells like these were still used up until the late 80s/early 90s...I would guess it's still being used today.
Nominally, it was a religious school, yes, although I'm not religious myself. My brother and I went there together. But yes, it was just this...
In the senior campus, yes. In the junior campus, they still did it the old-fashioned way. God knows why...
Oh man this brings back memories. We had one similar to this when I was in school in the 90s. It was the job of a "responsible, older boy" (aged...
Look pretty typical of 18th and early 19th century spectacles. The arched bridge, the extending temples, and the metal construction are all very...
Not bad. The wood needs some serious treatment, but other than that, looks nice. This is what the label on the back of the door would've looked...
The good thing about mahjong sets is that they're pretty compact and stackable. The bad thing about mahjong sets is that they get heavy FAST.
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