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This is not generally known, but as Neil Miller said in the past, much of intricate work such as those silver pins was done by girls as their hands could do the fine and tedious tasks.

Yes, not a poor man's razor. A beautiful thing! You seem to find some nice ones there!

Nice, Older Fenny, Roberto! A wedge. Lovely scales, seemingly metal lined in 3 panels, much like we see pearl done in others. The panels could be tortoise or dyed horn. The pique, or penning silver...