Category Archives: What is it?

These are examples of Depression Glass. When my parents went to our local movie theater, the Claridge on Avenue P in Brooklyn, New York, on Friday or Saturday night there would be a large display of glass dinnerware in the … Continue reading →

It is a cast iron stove that Dr. Howard Yonet bought at a lawn sale somewhere in the Catskill Mountains around 1963. Yonet said it was a rusted pot and took him “on and off a year” using steel wool … Continue reading →

It’s a laundry paddle that belonged to Daniele’s paternal grandmother and was used from around 1900 to 1920 in their home in the town of Domevre in the Lorraine province of France. The grandmother had a wash basin in an … Continue reading →

This a Turkish coffee bean measurer used before grinding. I don’t know whether It could have been used at a home or at a coffee house. It was hand carved from a hard wood. A reader supplied more information, the … Continue reading →

(Editor’s note: Palisades resident Howard Yonet has an interesting collection of curios from around the world. He has now put them into a book with a brief description, asking “What is it?” With his permission, Circling the News will publish … Continue reading →