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handyman123 wrote: »Hi all, Good Evening and Welcome.
Well part one of restoring the antique table went better than expected only problem was that there was so much dust from removing the old Victorian paint it has set my asthma off. Lady H said when painted in a grey putty colour (battleship grey :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:) she would like it lightly distressed as in shaby chic style, I said by the time I've finished it will be terrified, not distressed.:rotfl:
Later today she showed me some large mother of pearl shells she bought in the same auction, they are @ 7 1/2 inches high and the inside is carved with a picture of a fisherman and fisher women. They are beautiful enough and well carved. She said they must have been carved by some French fisherman. I said they were to well done not to have been done by an artist. I asked for a magnifying glass and a large Silver antique one was produced. Is it a signature she asked? It looks like a date 1875? No I said as I looked at the copperplate engraving, Unless the artist was called Boulougne, I Interperate it as Boulougne sur mer.
Souvenir of Boulougne.:rotfl::rotfl: Some Victorian brought it back from a day trip to Calais.
Ooh I love it.:) Actually when I Googled it later I found one for sale in the US for a $171 that is a dead ringer for the Fisher women, and a least she has the pair.
I hope the story gives you as big a smile as it did me.
Cheer all, Handy.:D
You always make me smile Handy and often I laugh out loud!! My dogs give me a right funny look!! :A"If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride"
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Handy, I love the idea of a terrified table:rotfl::rotfl: and as for the souvenir of Boulougne, that is priceless....... well, you know what I mean:D:D I'm sitting here chuckling to myself trying to imagine what Lady H's face was like when you told her it was a souvenir:T
The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time
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Hi all, thought you would like the story. Cant stop grinning myself
Mother Nature Don't Draw Straight lines, We are Broken Moulds in Life's Grand Design, We look a Mess but we're doing fine,
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handyman123 wrote: »Hi all, thought you would like the story. Cant stop grinning myself
Me too, Handy, still smiling about it:T:T
Hope you're OK? The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time
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Bump from page 2!!If you've nothing decent to say, perhaps you shouldn't say anything.
£2 savings jar £300:D
Total credit card debts £1250:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: - Will I ever learn!!0 -
A quick bumpPROUD TO BE DEALING WITH MY DEBT NERD #869
DFD 5/1/16Numpty,Not sure why but I'm crying
. Of all the peeps on this board you're the kindest & most supportive of all & I'm :mad: & 
for you all at the same time . Wish I was there to give you a big :grouphug: & emergency hobnobs
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And a quick bump from me, heading towards page 2 again:eek: The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time
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Good Evening All, site seems faster after it's spring clean. Hope you are all well. Regards, Handy Mother Nature Don't Draw Straight lines, We are Broken Moulds in Life's Grand Design, We look a Mess but we're doing fine,
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A good evening bump from page 2!!If you've nothing decent to say, perhaps you shouldn't say anything.
£2 savings jar £300:D
Total credit card debts £1250:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: - Will I ever learn!!0 -
Good evening all x
"If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride"
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