Know Your Antiques Label Tricks and Era Clues
The Kovel column warns that paper labels on antiques, especially violins and porcelain, are often forged or misleading. It advises buyers to understand construction and style, not rely on a label, and notes that genuine Stiegel glass rarely includes cranberry coin dot patterns. A review of a souvenir spoon book and a note on obtaining their free antique care leaflet are included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bavaria
France
Czechoslovakia
Antonius Stradivarius
Stradivarius
Antonius Stradivarius Cremonensis
China
Stiegel
Ralph
Terry Kovel
Relief News Briefs From Winchester To Timberville
Relatives from Winchester Broadway New Market and Marlboro spent last Sunday in Baltimore visiting Maggie Olinger Lena Bridgette and family. Attendance at St Martin's Lutheran Home coming service near New Market included Otis Brill Floyd Ginn and Hilda Turner. Mary Ginn Otis Brill visited Aunt Josie Swartz Timberville for her 100th birthday last November. The community mourns the death of Mrs Bessie Brill with sympathy to her family. Milton Swartz visited with son-in-law and daughter Lester Burkhart and Mrs Kenneth Burkhart and their children Lebanon Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Ginn
Hilda Turner
Winchester
Floyd Falk
Joyce
Broadway
Earl Richman
New Market
Baltimore
Maggie Olinger
Lena Bridgette
Otis. Brill
St. Martin’s Lutheran Church
William Grove
Carl Hockman
Sam Carpenter
Marlboro
Mary F. Ginn
Otis Brill
Josie Swartz
Ray Litten,Sr
Timberville
Josie
Bessie Brill
Milton Swartz
Lester Burkhart
Kenneth Burkhart
Lebanon Church
When Were Square Nails Used and For How Long
Square nails appeared in common use during the early 16th century and remained prevalent into the 19th century. They were gradually replaced by wire nails as industrial methods advanced, with regional adoption varying by builders and available materials.
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By Ralph and
Hardt
Bleecker St
New York
N.Y
Vanity Fair
Egains
F.D.I.C
Shenandoah
National
Virginia
Pink Organdy
Peignoir
Feggett
D.wallace
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