Relatively rural. Lot's of dramatic scenery around here, but nothing quite like that.
Glass is perfect for tool manufacture. Has conchoidal quality with predictable fracture. Also very sharp. Think of obsidian. This particular glass...
Napa, California
Perhaps you are not familiar with this type of expedient tool. It has been roughly shaped into a knife-form with a choil. A jagged edge along one...
What a good idea. That explains lack of fine art in inventory and lack of technique in painting. After googling early american landscapes I see...
It does, doesn't it. I don't think the subject has to be local to San Francisco. Why not Big Bear?
Thanks for your reply and info. It seem that Emporium Golden Rule Bazaar was the top department store of it's day. I got my hands on it's...
Most likely a scraper/blade. You can see it's been shaped approximately by hammer percussion. Probably a finger tool and not hafted.
Thanks for your reply. Frustratingly, the item has disappeared into the black hole that is my office -which happens a lot. I'll hunt it down...
Fresh from a rural thrift store. No idea what I've found. Looks quite old. Any ideas? Thanks. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I wonder if anybody can help me identify this small fragment of milk glass? Not much to go on, I know, but perhaps the pattern is familiar. It was...
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