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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;komokwa, post: 4606900, member: 301&quot;]<a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/354304239810?mkevt=1&amp;mkcid=1&amp;mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&amp;campid=5338722076&amp;customid=&amp;toolid=10050&amp;amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAkOVSGBvkwdLeBUwVghQ8dIu7%2BqrSXLvusaKiBsoV7WfbazEC8yByvMBGsoKoAREQ6frnOh0epm1PoUMk02l1ftyFDMiy%2BCxw%2FRiHe4WzYmGU3s72Ku%2BMuFJ3xzsgk40c06YMZHTyJp%2Fq5oIefo8i2A4bvbrZiGE78Xq5KOlSWMqsaZoZ%2Bo9%2BIHapRI9r4oidXA%3D%3D" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/354304239810?mkevt=1&amp;mkcid=1&amp;mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&amp;campid=5338722076&amp;customid=&amp;toolid=10050&amp;amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAkOVSGBvkwdLeBUwVghQ8dIu7%2BqrSXLvusaKiBsoV7WfbazEC8yByvMBGsoKoAREQ6frnOh0epm1PoUMk02l1ftyFDMiy%2BCxw%2FRiHe4WzYmGU3s72Ku%2BMuFJ3xzsgk40c06YMZHTyJp%2Fq5oIefo8i2A4bvbrZiGE78Xq5KOlSWMqsaZoZ%2Bo9%2BIHapRI9r4oidXA%3D%3D" rel="nofollow">https://www.ebay.com/itm/354304239810?mkevt=1&amp;mkcid=1&amp;mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&amp;campid=5338722076&amp;customid=&amp;toolid=10050&amp;amdata=enc:AQAHAAAAkOVSGBvkwdLeBUwVghQ8dIu7+qrSXLvusaKiBsoV7WfbazEC8yByvMBGsoKoAREQ6frnOh0epm1PoUMk02l1ftyFDMiy+Cxw/RiHe4WzYmGU3s72Ku+MuFJ3xzsgk40c06YMZHTyJp/q5oIefo8i2A4bvbrZiGE78Xq5KOlSWMqsaZoZ+o9+IHapRI9r4oidXA==</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>.The one above is not mine.!</p><p><br /></p><p>Mine is in my hand and virtually identical.....but cleaner, and while no brush...<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/frown.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":(" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/frown.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":(" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/frown.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":(" unselectable="on" />...the ink sponge is still there and hale !</p><p><br /></p><p>There&#039;s a mark under the lid, and I&#039;d like to bring it out , and clean up 140 years of gunk...without ruining the patina..... ( though it was bronze at first....but Japanese metals are so warm....)</p><p><br /></p><p>So, are we happy with the circa Meiji era ..... and how best to spruce it up ????</p><p><br /></p><p>( when it&#039;s cleaner , I&#039;ll show the mark...it may mean sum-thing to somebody ...<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie98" alt=":wideyed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie53" alt=":hungry:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll take on all comments with welcome abandon .....<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie99" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie99" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie99" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ps. the antique store was asking 200.....but no !!....at 100 I was willing to take it home...so I paid up !</p><p>I also got a nice Inuit carved stone bird.....for another C note , ( down from 175..) ...but I made out well on that....for resale.....or most likely as a keeper......she&#039;s so cute ![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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