Posted 7 years ago
TassieDevil
(175 items)
Hi Everyone.
I am very pleased to say that the bathroom reno is finished, I have cleaned, dusted, polished, vacuumed, rearranged, sorted every room in the house, donated, tried to find a small old dog to adopt......you name it I have done everything inside......so now I have time to post this little treasure!!
I really don't have any idea about it......so will tell you what I see.
Measures 2 1/2 inches high x 2 1/4 inches long.
Appears to be metal and weighs 61 grams.
Does not attract a magnet.
Is carrying "pack style" 2 "Gold" Nuggets
I think someone has tried to clean this as one side of the base is silver looking......hope you can see that in the picture.
The underneath of the base has some blue/green verdigris.
There is only one that research turned up that is anywhere remotely like it so I will put the link in comments.
I really love this......hope you do too and look forward to hearing your thoughts, comments or ideas. Thanks Judy
This is the link to what I found.....ignore that is says brooch!
http://www.goantiques.com/vintage-sterling-llama-1352473
Looking at the "pack" on mama, it looks all wrong. Looks like something somebody did at home. I think they are supposed to stand on their own without the base.
But again, what do I know?
On their own, they are really cute!
:-)))))))
Hi Bonnie, thanks I have to agree the packs do look "not quite right", although the wire holding them certainly seems to have age to it.
I can't see any indication with the legs and the base to think that the LLamas should not be on the base.......but this is a whole new kettle of fish collecting for me LOL.:)
I know nussing, but here's my two cents worth of thought:
Some unlikely dreamer traveled to Ballarat in the hope of a gold find, but all they found was a tourist piece from the Andes, dropped by a lady as she was on her way to the Grampians for a sightseeing tour. Disconsolate, our dreamer found some fencing wire and wired some unlikely ersatz nuggets to the larger animal, hoping for some Andean luck to replicate his vision.
LOL Karen.......you were probably really good at making up "once upon a time" stories!!!
Thanks, I did ask for thoughts didn't I!!! :))
hi judy enjoy ur new bathroom. Seems like you ll have a very neat year ahead. Nice figurine too!
I see you were very busy with the reno... Enjoy all the good work you did, now all is cleared ;-)
Love your llamas, and the pyrite loading on mamma!
Thank you FleaF I will.....it was really really old and worn and no amount of scrubbing made it look decent!!
Glad you like the Llamas too, thanks!
Yes Pascale, all done and up to date (at least for now).......and took the opportunity to have a good ruthless clean out as well!! Feel so much better now, thank you!
I am quite loving the little animals I am finding.....they are starting to make a nice display!! Thanks for loving them too!!
Vetraio, Bonnie, Sean, Fortapache, Master, Ho2, Aura, Mike, Zilla, Scott, Caperkid, PhilD, Pascale, BB2, Karen and FleaF !! Many thanks everyone for the love.....very much appreciated!!
Appreciate the love Rick and Thomas, thank you both!!
Happy New Year Judy! I'm happy to be back here and to see all these lovely posts. Congrats on the bathroom :-)) Time for a relaxing bath after all this work?
Thank you Bijou, Happy New Year to you too.......I was only thinking about you last night......glad you are back!
Thanks for the love too!! and the bathroom is great!!!
Such a cute post. :):)
Appreciate the love beyemvey , thank you!!
OGF - Tonja, thank you, glad you enjoyed it and thank you for the love as well!!
Thanks for the love Radegunder and Sean, very much appreciated!
Thank you for the love Thomas, always appreciated :-)
Thanks for the love Jenni, they still make me smile:-) )
Hi Thomas, thank you, appreciate the love:)
Many thanks Lauren and kwqd for taking the time to look and love, sincerely appreciated :))