Featured Finds Thread

Speaking of boxes ,I picked up this one thinking maybe Arts&Crafts but darned if I can find the maker. Any ideas ? Its copper(?) and 4 3/4 inches long and 2 high.I swear it says "K. Kate Lulu" .Almost sounds like a native american name. All input appreciated.

 

I haven't the faintest, but it's a nice little box.

 

Scroll down to text. I can’t find the eBay link for the piece though. Anyway you know there’s other pieces about.
https://vatican.com/2/Antiques-Arts-And-Crafts/

 

Wonderful ! Thank you. The search continues...

 

Nice box! I would consider this arts and crafts. Probably made by a talented hobbyist. I find nice pieces all the time made by obscure makers. They are often well marked and sometimes dated. Metalworking was a well-known, if not terribly common, hobby well in to the 50s.

 

nice box.....
shine it up and watch it glow!!!!
...
or not...

 

The red may be a very heavily embossed type of wallpaper.

 

That's one of the nicest Thor's Hammers' I've ever seen.

 

Picked up this little 6x9 curled paper art. So pretty. Sorry about the glare.

 

Somebody did a NICE job on that. We used to call it quilling, back in the day. It was a hobby back when.

 

Beautiful

 

This is a find in my pile. I originally thought these were Chinese hallmarks, the hallmarks are Czech.
https://www.silvercollection.it/DICTIONARYEUHALLMARKCZECH.html

My hallmark is the bottom. What is the cut of the garnets called? Can oval stones be rose cut?


Goldwashed sterling, $5.

 

What does the bottom of the stone look like?

 

The top stone shows it best, multi-faceted. The time period for the hallmark stamp is 1962-1993. Indoor lighting here.

 

Not something I bought and own,but I was just wondering what it is. I was thinking it was a twin half ball or dome lens magnifying glass for map reading or something. But maybe not. Maybe something that slots into a tube,machine,scope or something. What do you all think? It’s about 12cm across. Thanks

 

My husband who is a photographer thinks it may be from a projector of some type

 

Interesting. That makes more sense than what I was thinking. Thank you for commenting

 

This is not an antique... Vintage maybe. Anyway, I share it because I found it at an estate sale, and it's unusual. I hope that qualifies for this thread!

It's the biggest elk antler I've ever seen. 42" The animal must've been huge. I'm pretty sure it's a 'shed,' found in the woods after dropped in the spring.

 

Back in the '70s and '80s I had a double condenser photo enlarger that had a lens arrangement like that.

 

So a condenser lens. That’s good to know! I was really wondering. Thank you for responding