Thread: Hohenzollern - Abziehsteine

The April 30, 1899 Salt Lake City Herald page 12 has a peculiar story about a non precious black stone set into a ring which is called the "Talisman of the Hohenzollern". This talisman is worn by the German Emperor on his birthday and special occasions. The black stone was supposedly given to Cicero's wife by a frog.

Originally Posted by Kees

I got 2, the big one is my avatar: 7x2 1/2" I have a smaller one as well that is greenish and even finer. The large one has a signature on it that I believe is Droescher's; the smaller one was imported by Farwell Ozmun Kirk & Co. Very similar to Pete's.

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Good morning sir, was wondering if you could give us a side view of your stones? I was lucky enough to pick up one of the larger hones 7 x 2 1/2 just the other day. I will post some pics as soon as I can, mine is stone only no box or slurry stone though.

Thanks Matt...

Originally Posted by mlvallance

Good morning sir, was wondering if you could give us a side view of your stones? I was lucky enough to pick up one of the larger hones 7 x 2 1/2 just the other day. I will post some pics as soon as I can, mine is stone only no box or slurry stone though.

Thanks Matt...

Here is my hone hopefully pictures show how pretty it actually is.

Originally Posted by mlvallance

Here is my hone hopefully pictures show how pretty it actually is.

Quick question, when I applied the lacquer to my label to preserve it a strange thing happened. While the label was fresh and totally wet, the backside appeared to bleed through and show the label to be two sided? or so it appeared. It was too late for me to try and peel it to check, was wondering if anyone else had noticed this on their labels?

Matt...

Amazing stone. Congratulations!!!