Charm bracelets seem to be a new idea about every fifty years. Charms were worn on the wrist or with a neck chain by cave men, Romans, and the knights of the Middle Ages. They were also used to ward…
The new Rookwood Pottery Co. mark we mentioned in a May hotline also includes a roman numeral under the traditional RP flame mark. A Rookwood representative called to tell us. The numeral with the new mark includes the century-so 2008…
Q:When my mother died at age 86 a few years ago, she left me her old "spinning wheel rocking chair." At least that's my name for it. The back of the chair and its arms are made from the wheels…
"Fantasy furniture" is a term used to describe tables and chairs that don't fit the rules of any recognized style. Chairs made of cow horns or parts of spinning wheels, and tables held up by carved bears or shaped like…
Q: I inherited my great-grandmother's Norwegian spinning wheel. The letters “TAD” are carved on the side and the date “1816” is painted on in black. The wheel is 22 inches in diameter and has 16 carved spokes. My great-grandparents brought…
Q I have an antique Alfred Andresen cast-iron waffle iron that makes heart-shape waffles. The baking surface is divided into five heart-shaped parts that make five waffles at a time. It's marked ''Minneapolis'' and ''999'' on one side and ''981''…