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Also found in the bathroom

Posted on 7 July 2013

Gold ring with 4 small diamonds

 

I guess there’s something about bathrooms in Jamaica Plain.  We found this ring tucked behind a vanity cabinet during a whole-house renovation a few years ago.  When it turned up, I anticipated a tearful reunion scene when we presented it to our clients, but the ring wasn’t theirs, and they didn’t seem especially impressed (I thought it was pretty cool).  Our current clients were more excited about the dentures.

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Tagged: bathroom, diamond, found, Jamaica Plain, ring

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Found in the bathroom

Posted on 2 July 2013

  Someone tucked these dentures behind the beadboard behind the vanity cabinet in the upstairs bathroom.  Were they playing a prank, or was this some kind of time capsule?  I regret to report that my squeamishness prevented me from thoroughly examining the materials and detailing in the teeth.  Perhaps I’ll have more to report later… We found the envelope in the space under the bathtub, in the same bathroom as the dentures.  The addressee is Ethel Beaument (sic).  I got sucked into the website of the Jamaica Plain Historical Society recently and discovered that Ethel Beaumont seems to have been the granddaughter of a Col. Frederick Beaumont, an early owner of the house we’re working on.  The account suggests that some version of the…

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Tagged: 1925, bathroom, bond recommendations, dentures, found, Jamaica Plain

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