tomwiii
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posted on May 27, 2008 02:31:58 PM
Hi All!
Calling all SILVER experts!
The KIND & GENEROUS friend also gave us some SPOONS!
So, we needeth a CRASH COURSE!
Should I polish them? I did this one, but then said WHOA! Maybe I screwed up?
Also, does anybody recognize the BACK-STAMP?
There is the letter "W" next to a 2-HEADED HORSE where it says: "STERLING"
Course Ralphie wants to form a TWO-PERSON Spoon-Band and do covers of his favorite groups (Mrs Miller; Whistling Jack; Lulu, and, OF COURSE: 3-DOG NIGHT), but I'm leary of his musical prowess?
As always: THANKS! EVERYBODY!
Tom & Ralphie ("I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman") J. Dawg
GRAND OPENING of RALPHIE'S EMPORIUM of EARTHLY DELIGHTS~All Vd'ers get 50% DISCOUNT!(except electronics)
[ edited by tomwiii on May 27, 2008 02:38 PM ]
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max40
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posted on May 27, 2008 03:02:55 PM
Tom,
Polishing is fine. Made by Whiting.
I like to lightly polish so that design is highlighted with some tarnish in the low spots. Makes it easier to photograph.
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neglus
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posted on May 27, 2008 03:04:34 PM
I know nothing about silver but I have been to Newton, Jasper County, Iowa if it helps.
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cblev65252
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posted on May 27, 2008 03:07:50 PM
Tom - Tarnish will eventually damage silver and it should be removed. Use a jeweler's cloth rather than any of the harsh polishing compounds.
Cheryl
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photosensitive
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posted on May 27, 2008 03:15:51 PM
Don't know anything about silver. I guess you know that the spoon is for the Methodist Episcopal Church in (here is where it gets interesting) Iowa or Illinois or Indiana! Why would three states starting with an "I" have a Jasper County with a Newton in it?
I have this compulsion to Google everything I see. Googleitis maybe?
Good luck with your research.
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“The illiterate of the future will be the person ignorant of the use of the camera as well as of the pen.”
Maholy-Nagy, Vision in Motion, 1947
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tomwiii
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posted on May 27, 2008 03:34:40 PM
There was am "M.E." Church in NEWTON, Jasper County IOWA...
BTW: are these pics OK?
THANKS, All!
Tom & Ralphie
GRAND OPENING of RALPHIE'S EMPORIUM of EARTHLY DELIGHTS~All Vd'ers get 50% DISCOUNT!(except electronics)
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rhpepsi
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posted on May 27, 2008 03:51:18 PM
just never know.. Jasper County or Newton County....back in 1935 BEFORE the members started giving generous offerings and having the weekly bingo games each Sunday, the church may have looked a little like this;
Jasper Methodist Church in Jasper (Newton County); before 1935.
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photosensitive
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posted on May 27, 2008 04:17:14 PM
Yes could be Jasper, Newton County. Depends if you read across or up and down.
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“The illiterate of the future will be the person ignorant of the use of the camera as well as of the pen.”
Maholy-Nagy, Vision in Motion, 1947
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tomwiii
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posted on May 27, 2008 04:36:24 PM
Oi!
Ralphie now has a headache...
Course he always wants to be spoon-fed...
Tom & Ralphie
GRAND OPENING of RALPHIE'S EMPORIUM of EARTHLY DELIGHTS~All Vd'ers get 50% DISCOUNT!(except electronics)
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niel35
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posted on May 27, 2008 05:34:59 PM
WOW, pictures are fantastic. Very detailed. Great job, Ralphie!!!!!!
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pixiamom
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posted on May 27, 2008 06:21:53 PM
Pepsi, the windows look wrong. Could be Iowa, see eBay item 300108288432
[ edited by pixiamom on May 27, 2008 06:36 PM ]
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max40
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posted on May 27, 2008 06:31:58 PM
What are the odds that there was another church with the same unusual layout. The extra windows could have been added when the church was expanded, or -- embelished by artist who did the spoon.
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rhpepsi
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posted on May 27, 2008 07:39:00 PM
pixiamom...this one looks even better:
item number 200206194748
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tomwiii
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posted on May 27, 2008 08:01:25 PM
Gee, Ralphie! Ain't the EO a truly amazing place?
Yowse guys (& gals) are AMAZING!
THANKS! THANKS! THANKS!
Tom & Ralphie
GRAND OPENING of RALPHIE'S EMPORIUM of EARTHLY DELIGHTS~All Vd'ers get 50% DISCOUNT!(except electronics)
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