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<p>[QUOTE="JoIke, post: 7862498, member: 112092"]LOL! [USER=27832]@-jeffB[/USER]</p><p><br /></p><p>Well, the lil' buddy wasn't a total loss, but its tiny tail and left foot were damaged during extraction...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1354828[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1354829[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1354830[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>It was ingenious how this tiny custom-made nightlight was constructed in the early-20th C. with the maker using a tiny rod inserted into the base of the buddy so to function as the bulb. Amazing! Unfortunately, as a nightlight, totally useless and with "no true value" as such. So, deconstruction was/is a most in order to maximize and showoff the beauty of the stone(s).</p><p><br /></p><p>This wasn't may first surgery of the sort. A few years ago I had to preform the same to an early-20th C. box lid to extract this Ming Dynasty white jade belt plaque...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1354831[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="JoIke, post: 7862498, member: 112092"]LOL! [USER=27832]@-jeffB[/USER] Well, the lil' buddy wasn't a total loss, but its tiny tail and left foot were damaged during extraction... [ATTACH=full]1354828[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1354829[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1354830[/ATTACH] It was ingenious how this tiny custom-made nightlight was constructed in the early-20th C. with the maker using a tiny rod inserted into the base of the buddy so to function as the bulb. Amazing! Unfortunately, as a nightlight, totally useless and with "no true value" as such. So, deconstruction was/is a most in order to maximize and showoff the beauty of the stone(s). This wasn't may first surgery of the sort. A few years ago I had to preform the same to an early-20th C. box lid to extract this Ming Dynasty white jade belt plaque... [ATTACH=full]1354831[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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