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Antique Questions Forum / Re: please any info will help

« on: June 10, 2013, 09:47:14 pm »

Thanks!!! took me a bit to find it. But I figured it out. Oh and it's really cool. 

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: please any info will help

« on: June 10, 2013, 06:59:22 pm »

Oh ok.. I can understand that. Thank you so much for all your help. I was intrigued by it when I first laid eyes on it. And now I think even more so after finding out the story behind them.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: please any info will help

« on: June 10, 2013, 06:47:45 pm »

I have learned alot.. and if you have a pic of yours I would love to see it.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: please any info will help

« on: June 10, 2013, 06:36:35 pm »

i've been reading up on the monks that made these, and I used a pencil and took it out in the sun to look at it. There are markings on the back, I can't get a good pic of them with my phone tho, and I think my daughter borrowed my camera. After really looking at it tho I am wondering if the bronze/copper setting it's in was made and added it later it will slip off with no damage to either the tooth or the setting. I plan on doing more research on it, and if it does turn out to be the real thing I hope I can find a Thai buddhist because I'm sure that they would have more appreciation for it than I do. I just thought it was a cool piece and I make kind of funky jewelry sometimes so my father-in-law thought I might want it. It has been setting in a drawer at my house for a few years now. Thank you very much Fancypants!!

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: please any info will help

« on: June 10, 2013, 04:39:15 pm »

Thank you very much..all I had known about it before was that a really old attorney here kept it in his desk..I will research the monk story. however the only markings I see on mine are some strange scratches on the back, can't really make them out tho. I'll put on stronger glasses and take it out into the sun. and again thank you everyone for your very fast replies.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: please any info will help

« on: June 10, 2013, 04:21:59 pm »

I thought that might be what it was used for to.. but the metal looks to be a bronze color, I had guessed either copper or brass. it is tarnished, but I didn't want to do anything to it till I found out more about it.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: please any info will help

« on: June 10, 2013, 04:16:22 pm »

i'll try that, I've been trying to get a good pic of it, and it is a tooth that is carved on the top

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Antique Questions Forum / please any info will help

« on: June 10, 2013, 03:55:16 pm »

I have looked every place I can think of to find info on this. My father-in-law gave it to me. Some one he did some work for years and years ago gave it to him. we know nothing about it, and I can't find any info on it, anything would be helpful, thanks..Sherri