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By Terry Kovel
Several museums have "What is it?" exhibits that display unusual items in the hope that someone will recognize a rarely used specialized tool or a pot for an ethnic dish unfamiliar to folks today.See the full content of this document
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It's Pretty, but What Is It? Antiques and Collecting Antiques and Collecting
Recently, we saw a 12 1/2-inch-diameter jasperware dish with an 8- inch-high cover sold at auction as a "pancake server." It looks very much like a 19th-century English dish made to hold a round of Stilton chees...
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