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<p>[QUOTE="quirkygirl, post: 31397, member: 106"]Picked up a few goodies yesterday and today.</p><p>Tankard / Mug marked J Lownes (Philadelphia silversmith in business 1780 - 1820, - I love that it's local and <u>old</u>!) ... likely coin silver but I don't know if sterling would have been unmarked - will need to research - there are many wispy word or partial words on the bottom which I cannot make out clearly.</p><p>36" 6mm pearl strand with 14K clasp. Old ornaments for the tree (minus the old finial tree topper that I already put on our little tree) - my favorite is the blue one that needs cleaning ... but I don't know if there's a correct way to do it. Finally, a fern fossil (from PA also) and a fern carved letter holder that I bought a while ago - had to remove the badly broken third hinged piece before we could use it. I have a weakness for all things "ferny".</p><p>[ATTACH]7924[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]7925[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]7926[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]7927[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]7928[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="quirkygirl, post: 31397, member: 106"]Picked up a few goodies yesterday and today. Tankard / Mug marked J Lownes (Philadelphia silversmith in business 1780 - 1820, - I love that it's local and [U]old[/U]!) ... likely coin silver but I don't know if sterling would have been unmarked - will need to research - there are many wispy word or partial words on the bottom which I cannot make out clearly. 36" 6mm pearl strand with 14K clasp. Old ornaments for the tree (minus the old finial tree topper that I already put on our little tree) - my favorite is the blue one that needs cleaning ... but I don't know if there's a correct way to do it. Finally, a fern fossil (from PA also) and a fern carved letter holder that I bought a while ago - had to remove the badly broken third hinged piece before we could use it. I have a weakness for all things "ferny". [ATTACH]7924[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]7925[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]7926[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]7927[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]7928[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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