I use these --ricer and pestle--when I'm making choke cherry jam, so I can separate the fruit from the stone ...:). Got them at a garage sale and...
Kyra, I've spent a long time looking through your lovely photos....be still my heart!
Hallie, I love the question, too. Wondered recently, myself, if there's a definition of the descriptive "old" as I tend it constantly to describe...
Yes, that's what I was thinking, too...
Looks like Victorian mourning jewelry. Jet was a popular stone, but looks like it might be pressed glass...? This article shows how to test for...
I love these...! In a previous life, I hung out with a lot of button collectors. There were many cuff links in button collections. I seem to...
I love those rock and gem people, too...
I don't know...the older I get, the more diverse my interests and the more I want to learn. That translates into collecting more. I learn from...
Thank you, Christmasjoy!
Love these! I saw a show of fluorescing minerals several years ago...beautiful!
Thank you, Bakersgma!
Yes, they look like it!
Great information! Another tidbit to file away regarding dating Mexican silver, Thank you, A.J.!
Thank you , Janette!
Beautiful! I love amber and have some pieces from Poland and around the Baltic. The finish on this is a little different than those pieces, that...
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