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CHEVALIER CESSPOOL CLEANERS: Cesspools and septic tanks pumped. New systems installed. Sewer connections. 736-8313.

ELECTRICAL

JADE ELECTRIC: Wiring, emergencies. Prompt and courteous. 8285908, 738-7835. Lic.# A1538. Insured.

RICHARD J. PIZZI Electrical Contractor: 550 Providence Street, West Warwick. Residential Wiring (home repairs). No job too small. A145, insured. 580-8803.

FACSIMILE SERVICE

THE REMINDER’S FAX SERVICE. Now you can send or receive letters, statements, invoices, etc. in seconds by using The Reminder Fax Service. Want more details? Call The Reminder and ask about our fax: 821-2216. Fax Number: 821-0397. To Send: $3.00 (+tax) for the first page, $1.00 for every additional page. To receive: 75¢ ea. page (+tax).

FENCE INSTALLATION & REPAIR

VENTURA FENCE CO., INC.: Serving Rhode Island since 1975 for all your fencing needs. Insured. RI Reg #7260. Call anytime 821-7200.

FINANCIAL SERVICES

MOFFITT & ASSOCIATES, LLC.: Financial Services and Investments, Retirement Planning and 401K rollovers. www.victormoffittandco.com 1260 Main St. (Rte. 117), Coventry (401)828-0097.

GARAGE DOORS

CARR’S OVERHEAD DOOR, INC.: Residential and commercial garage doors & openers. Best prices, quality materials, factory authorized Lift Master and Wayne Dalton Dealers. Reg. #13612. 332 Nooseneck Hill Road, Exeter, RI (401) 397-6015.

HANDYMAN SERVICES

TJ’S HANDYMAN: Demo kitchens & baths. Will handle your "Honeydo List". No job too small. Tom, 207-8263.

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

LEWIS & CLARKE ENTERPRISES, INC.: New homes, additions, garages, kitchens, bathrooms, family rooms, roofs, and repairs. 3453227. RI Reg. #5646.

BILL’S REMODELING: Additions, Formica, finish work, custom built vanities, siding. No job too small. Bill Langlais 397-9256 after 5pm. RI Registration #648.

LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE & CONSTRUCTION

ALL SEASONS LAWNCARE, INC.: Full Service Landscape Maintenance and Construction Company. Now doing Spring Cleanups. 732-7993. RI Reg. #43492

LAUNDRY SERVICE

Let us wash, dry and fold your laundry. Pick up and delivery available. THORPE’S LAUNDROMAT AND DRY CLEANING. 401-826-7158. 560 Providence Street, West Warwick.

PEST CONTROL

WINFIELD TERMITE & PEST CONTROL: All your pest needs. 8217800.

KENT COUNTY PEST CONTROL, LLC: Residential and Commercial. Certified in Industrial, Structural and Health Related Pest Control. 100% Guaranteed. 401-569-0212.

PLUMBING & HEATING

JOHN P. KEOGH PLUMBING & DRAIN CLEANING: Electric sewer rooter service. Master Plumber Lic. #1881. 401-862-8810.

A GOOD PLUMBER: Plumbing, heating, drain cleaning. 8082284. RI Lic. #MP002399. MA Lic. #30436.

POWER WASHING

THOR’S PRESSURE & SOFT WASH: Commercial & Residential. Roof & Exterior Cleaning. Fully licensed and insured. RI Registration GC-46062. Free Estimates. Call Thor, 401-441-8672. facebook.com/

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COAST TO COAST POWER WASHING: Everything residential. When quality and service matter. Who wants to pressure wash on their day off? Save yourself time. Call this week! Complete satisfaction guaranteed. Free price quotes. Ken, 401-413-0547. 20% OFF WITH THIS AD! RI Reg. #GC47967.

RATES & DEADLINE FOR AT YOUR SERVICE

$8.00 PER WEEK for 10 words (25¢ each add. word) Min. 1 Month.

Deadline: Last Thursday of each month for ads starting the following month. Mail or bring your ad to The Reminder. 5 Coventry Shoppers Park, Coventry, RI 02816. Phone: 821-2216. Fax: 821-0397.

ROOFING INSTALLATION & REPAIRS: Also gutters cleaned and leaf guards installed. Call 397-8729 or 749-1315 for a free estimate.

CUSTOMER SERVICE: 800-708-7311 EXT. 257

KOVELS ANTIQUES AND COLLECTING

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FOR RELEASE APRIL 3, 2023

By Terry and Kim Kovel

PHOTO CREDIT: Kovels.com

PHOTO CAPTION: “Wiener” dogs may not come from Vienna, but this gold-colored letter opener did. It was made by Werkstatte Hagenauer and sold for $813 at a Rago auction.

Wiener Dogs

It’s a Wiener dog from a Wiener workshop! Vienna, Austria, or “Wien” in German, was a major European cultural center. The Weiner Werkstatte may be the most famous Viennese workshop of the 20th century, but it was not the only one.

This dachshund-shaped letter opener sold for $813 at a Rago auction. It was made by Werkstatte Hagenauer, which was founded in Vienna by goldsmith Charles Hagenauer in 1898. Like many studios, it was a family business. Hagenauer’s sons became influential art deco designers. The workshop closed in the 1980s. Now there is a museum and shop on its former premises.

Despite their name, Wiener dogs did not originate in Vienna, but in Germany. Officially called dachshunds, the breed has plenty of nicknames based on its long, thin, sausage-like shape.

Q:Ihave a necklace made of clear faceted beads that I was told were crystal. Does this mean they are cut glass or rock crystal?

A:“Crystal” can be used for both rock crystal and cut glass. Some makers and collectors use the term for any colorless clear glass. To add to the confusion, both rock crystal and glass beads are found in antique and vintage jewelry.

Rock crystal is a clear, colorless quartz stone fashionable in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Some 19th-century cut glass was made to resemble rock crystal until about 1860, when colored glass became popular. “Paste” stones, or glass stones that imitate precious gems, were invented around 1730 and have been used in costume jewelry since then.

Glass jewelry was especially popular in the early 1900s. From about 1918 to the 1930s, Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic and Slovakia) exported glass beads, faceted glass stones and finished jewelry all over the world. The necklaces are often marked “Czechoslovakia” on the clasp.

To tell whether your beads are stone or glass, hold them in your hand. Glass feels about room temperature and will grow warmer as you hold it. Stone is colder to the touch and takes longer to warm up. Natural rock crystal is more valuable than cut glass.

TIP: Your diamond or precious-stone jewelry — antique or modern — should be reappraised every other year for insurance value. *

Current Prices

Cut glass vanity jar, diamond cutting, goldtone ormolu bands, round, hinged lid, 1800s, 2 1/2 inches, $110.

Toy M-4 Combat Tank, tin, decals, bump and go action, rotary cannon tower, spinning light, battery operated, box, 12 inches, $275.

Silver American dish, swan form, cut glass liner, marked, Theodore B. Starr, N.Y., c. 1920s, 3 x 5 inches, $410.

Lamp, electric, arts & crafts, patinated copper, four-sided stem, flared out toward bottom, shade with copper frame and four yellow textured slag glass panels, ball and chain pull, 14 inches, $690.

Flag, United States, woven cotton, 36 hand sewn stars, 1865, 71 x 116 inches, $1,560.

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“Wiener” dogs may not come from Vienna, but this gold-colored letter opener did. It was made by Werkstatte Hagenauer and sold for $813 at a Rago auction.

SPRING CLEAN-UPS: Weekly/bi-weekly cuts, mulch. Big... small, we do it all! Residential & commercial. Free estimates. Call Toby, 323-7690.

GENERATORS: Transfer switches installed. Master Electrician. RI #A4602. Insured. Call Jay, 826-2826.

MASONRY WORK: Stairs, walkways, fireplaces, plus. Call Eddie, 578-6796.

BATH & SHOWER UPDATES in as little as ONE DAY! Affordable prices - No payments for 18 months! Lifetime warranty & professional installs. Senior & Military Discounts available. Call 1-855-761-1725.

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JMD LANDSCAPING & REMOVAL SERVICES, LLC.: Lawn cuts, aeration, dethatching, mulch, shrub trimming, rototilling, yard debris & junk removal. Insured. RI Reg. #001732056. Call 688-4242.

LANDSCAPER LOOKING for place to dump clean fill grass, leaves, etc. Call or text Kevin 401-261-4573.

Experienced

HANDYMAN & Experienced Painters. Interior/exterior. Best prices. Insured. 317-8251.

SAFE STEP: North America’s #1 walk-in tub. Comprehensive lifetime warranty. Top-of-theline installation and service. Now featuring our free shower package & $1600 off - limited time! Financing available. 1-855-417-1306.

HANDYMAN: Small odd jobs, painting & much more. Reasonable. Rich, 206-6252.

MAYNARD LANDSCAPING: 828-9576. Spring Cleanups. Grass cutting. Seeding. Shrub trimming.

KRV LAWNCARE:

Seasonal cleanups, dethatching, mulching, shrub trimming, mowing, planting, etc. Professional service. Call or text Kevin, 261-4573.

KEVIN’S HOME REPAIR: RI #22931. Insured. Quality - ProfessionalAffordable. 823-3572. NEW INSTALLS

INCLUDE: Doors, windows, storms, vents, railings, steps, vinyl gutter guards, chimney caps. REPAIRS INCLUDE:

Roof repair, siding repairs, deck repairs, screens, painting, minor chimney repairs, wood, rot. POWERWASHING (no chemicals).

SEASONAL: Gutter cleaning, professional quality shrub/hedge trimming. 823-3572.

SPRING CLEAN-UP: Yards raked, lawns mowed, shrubs trimmed, trees cut down, brush hauled away, debris hauled away. Quality work. Excellent rates. Doug, 826-3444.

JUNK REMOVAL, Dump Runs & Property Clean-outs. Call Pat, 2066404.

DUMP TRAILER RENTAL: 15-Yard trailer. Same day service. I drop, you fill. Household trash, construction debris. All major Credit Cards accepted. Call 206-3715.

BKM HANDYMAN SERVICES: Specializing in all household repairs and replacements, garage & basement organization, junk removal and any other household needs. Call or text 594-6705.