Featured Finds Thread

Here are few of my goodies - a couple of early Canadian Cast Iron Dutch Ovens, 2 native beaded bags, a carved I'm not sure piece, a pair of Silver plate nut dishes and a wind-up Popeye that has had a hard life, missing his pipe

 

Wonderful finds, cxgirl!

 

LOVE POPEYE!!!!!!!!

 

Thanks Messi!

me too KOT

 

Southwest sterling buckle with applied gold. Almost certainly one of the earlier Navajo makers but no marks.

 

Looks very nice Terry! Is it the design that makes you think Navajo? I don't know Navajo stuff so just trying to learn.

 

Probably not so much the design as the build and materials

 

I see no signs of Navajo workmanship.

 

Cx, the beadwork is Iroquois from the early 1900's and are referred to as boxes .

The treen carving , likely a tobacco or spice container....may be Dutch....maybe, but it's old and wonderful.

 

The buckle is Southwestern for sure; Texans love buckles like that and pay real money for them. My first guess would be Mexican rather than Navajo; it looks like something made for sale to a cowboy who needed to dress to impress.

 

This style is referred to as a RANGER BUCKLE.....



They are , were , sold in sets of 3 or 4 pieces.

this one says sterling from Mexico..


They are mostly sold in this fashion to keep all the parts together before putting them on the correct size and style of belt...



The 1st Nation artists of the Southwest....enjoy making variations of this style as they are very popular with the buying public.....









Terry, yours is likely 10 K gold over silver.!

 

I found one of those ranger buckles, solid sterling, in a Good Will on opening day. Paid $10 and sold for absolutely silly money. There's a factory in Texas still making them, they made the one I found, and charging even sillier money.

 

like I said...these are very popular !!!
I've bought and sold a few.....even way up north...here !

 

the 1st set I ever bought.....I couldn't understand why the ' belt '...was soooooo small !!!

 

Terry, I love those cufflinks!

I haven't been out much, there is an estate sale that starts Thursday, looks like a HSN/QVC house, clothing and costume jewelry galore..... I will get up early.

I did find some sorta bling, I collect old religious medals. None sterling, the enamel St. Christopher's medal on the bottom is a surfer's medal. The two bigger crosses probably came from rosaries.

How would you clean the non-silver colored ones? Would they be brass or bronze?

 

How would you clean the non-silver colored ones?

I would start out by using a bowl of warm water with a little spot of dish soap. I would let the really grungy ones soak for a few minutes so to soften up the crud. A toothbrush & some q-tips would probably go a long way to getting them clean.

I also wouldn't be surprised if after you clean them you find a sterling mark on a few pieces.

Peggy

 

When you've done what Peggy says, give them a buff with a Sunshine cloth to finish.

 

You see a lot of the little wooden swivel top containers here in France. They are usually for salt on the table.

 

Gorgeous , Book !