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6th July 2015, 03:47 AM
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Guys, I am really enjoying it:-)
Seriously, I truly admire your attention to details and unexpected approaches to the riddles of attribution. Great twist of the discussion! |
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6th July 2015, 10:51 PM
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 I wonder what Afghan vegetable or other natural dyes would create that bright red scabbard colouring & maintain it for 100 plus years?  linky.. Spiral[ |
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7th July 2015, 11:39 PM
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I see your point, but we do not know where and under what conditions this scabbard spent the last 150 years:-)
I recently saw pics of Jane Fonda.... |
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8th July 2015, 12:34 AM
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(she's 77 BTW) jane with her makeup off taking a toke off her spliff: |
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15th May 2016, 09:21 PM
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Exceedingly plain, I'm afraid. I assume mid-late 20th c, acquired in Kabul's Chicken Street buried beneath much more obviously modern junk.
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