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Antique Jewelry Old Silver Pillow Adornment

This couple of pieces of silver pillow case adornment nice crafted with daisy edge designed and circled with rows of flora. If you look closely there  are couples of tiny holes where one can put a sewing needle through to hold these sliver art pieces with threads. This pieces are usually used by the wealthy [...]

Antique Jewelry Silver Anklet

This is a gold coated  silver hammer antique anklet worn by the Nyonya from Penang.  This piece is hollow in the middle beautifully hand hammered which can be open on one end with a screw and the other side is joined with a sealed with a movable rod.  Notice closely at the 2 nyonya baba legs where [...]

Antique China Cabinet

My dad was a antique collector.  He collected lots of furniture from Penang many years back.  My mom took a few of the loose carved panel and engaged the carpenter to make up this cupboard then paint in red with lasting gold varnish.  She then fixed traditional holder as the drawer opener.  These type of [...]

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