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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;VexedOldHag, post: 9785060, member: 86630&quot;]Oh my gosh you are amazing. And as a rare book collector myself, I adore your username.</p><p><br /></p><p>That second image! That is exactly how it appeared! Black (dark grey), uniformly so, just like that photo.</p><p>It took so many sessions to remove it all, and it was so thick, and filled the holes, like I stated above, I was forcing the debris from the holes with a screwdriver point.</p><p><br /></p><p>So perhaps it is pewter with a lead component? It was indeed stored in a wood cabinet as you&nbsp; mention. I know for certain it was there in the drawer since at least 1933 as that is when the house was bought, and the sewing machine in the basement was there when bought, and had been there no one knows how long, it appeared to be a 19th century model. The house was purchased from the original owners and was built in 1877.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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