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Plate from Privy dig...as good as new( Almost)

Oh, I love it when my husband finds a bottle from the same product, or a piece of china in the same pattern, as he's found elsewhere. It makes the past as real as the present in yet another way: two families got their medicines at the same pharmacy, or the department store sold two sets of the...
- thegrammarfairy
- Post #23
- Dec 27, 2010
- Forum: Cleaning and Repairing
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Why the diff in tumbling results?

Thank you, all! It's very kind of you to offer me my pick of California's sea-glass supply---especially since my husband is a surfer as well as a digger---but I'm looking for something to do with the glass I already have. : ) My goal is to shine the sickness off of some of the shards (in...
- thegrammarfairy
- Post #5
- Nov 9, 2010
- Forum: Cleaning and Repairing
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Plate from Privy dig...as good as new( Almost)

What other markings does it have? I'd happily look it up myself, or give you links to some web sites if you'd prefer. Boy, there's nothing like finding all the pieces. My dear husband is the digger and I'm the research and reconstruction arm...I absolutely love putting together not only...
- thegrammarfairy
- Post #21
- Nov 8, 2010
- Forum: Cleaning and Repairing
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Tar Baby?

just my little witticism.....pay me no mind So, for my information, a current Marine would not be considered a jarhead? your pal, The Grammar Fairy
- thegrammarfairy
- Post #19
- Nov 8, 2010
- Forum: Cleaning and Repairing
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Why the diff in tumbling results?

Hello all. My husband recently resumed his childhood pastime of digging for treasure. I'm the research-and-reconstruction department. In an effort to keep our house from sinking into the earth under the weight of broken glass, I've been trying to come up with some kind of craft I can make...
- thegrammarfairy
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- Nov 5, 2010
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Cleaning and Repairing
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Plate from Privy dig...as good as new( Almost)

ooooh, Spode! Probably made between 1890, when the McKinley Tariff act passed, requiring that imported china be marked with the country of origin, and 1921, when the words "Made In" were added to the required marking. your pal, The Grammar Fairy
- thegrammarfairy
- Post #14
- Nov 5, 2010
- Forum: Cleaning and Repairing
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Tar Baby?

Not that you jarheads care so much, but FWIW, bisque porcelain has a matte finish and is slightly rough to the touch, while the other kind of porcelain is smooooooth and shiny. A good comparison is a dinner plate, mostly smooth but with that unglazed circle on the bottom where it sat in the...
- thegrammarfairy
- Post #17
- Nov 5, 2010
- Forum: Cleaning and Repairing
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can anyone de cipher this???

RE: can anyone decipher this??? In the rubbing, I believe I detect that the larger 'C' is the ever-popular 'Capital G With A Minimal Whatsis That Looks Like A C.' (Not sure what the technical term for that is.) Found this in the index on myinsulators: "M G M CO (monogram) prob...
- thegrammarfairy
- Post #31
- Jul 23, 2010
- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles BEFORE 1900