Summary
"Oh! That's just creepy! Is this really made from human hair?"
This watch fob, owned by reader Scherrie Goettsch, was purchased by her parents in an antique shop many years ago. It's made of finely braided hair and gold. A note contained in the packaging reads: "Watch fob of Lewis Prestin made from the human hair of his sister, Mrs. John Stephen, around 1900."See the full content of this document
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Strand of Collecting Focuses On Mourning
Answer to last week's What Is It?
I had several people take a guess about this wooden tool, but no one knew it was a scutching knife or blade used for scraping the h...See the full content of this document
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