The large white mans handkerchief is printed with a photo and article about Dr. W. G. Grace (whom I’d never heard of before.) It claims...

All of those patterns are pretty rare, and some are really valuable. My haul has a few nice wiggle dresses, like the one pictured above....

I began sewing when I was fairly young, on a treadle sewing machine that my mom ended up with. Mostly I just messed around at first,...

PS: Well, we figured it out. Not silver but silver plated copper. Very beautiful but not of value for the metal. I’ve listed it on ebay now.