Thank you, all-fakes! Another oldie from eBay, I believe. :-)
Ok, took some googling and a calculator, but the 11.5 deniers means 11.5/12 silver i.e. about 950/1000 silver — i.e. the French purity standard ....
A wild guess, something to do with Knights Hospitaller? Or an item with Malta marks was simply found in Ireland and it looked like it might be...
I found AN.NA. in a square with two other marks— a hand in a shield and the letter M in a shield in Seymour B Wyler’s Book of Old Silver,...
I found this one below in London. Their “cold methods” are, of course, not explained, but I love their examples. I really like Spartcom’s brooch,...
I think it begs to be repaired properly, but have no idea how costly it would be. If you wanted to double your investment by selling it, I’d be...
I thought I was a perfectionist, but you button collectors are proving me wrong. Amazingly small details obviously matter! Would AJ mind telling...
The devil is in the details. And the difference between a googler like me and an expert. :-)
At least they hadn’t gone through the cat first… P.S. I remember that cartoon cat (Sylvester?) from eBay. :-)
Thanks, Brad! I found the same image today. Didn’t when I searched for similar chests in the summer of 2022. Google image search is definitely...
Thank you, Sherlock! :-) Patience is not a virtue of mine; I didn’t go down far enough to see there was an index. I found another source that...
That was some seriously impressive detective work, Marote! Did you go through all the 435 pages? It was loading so slowly I gave up… Just in...
I hope it’s okay to post a link to an auction site. This is the Swedish Bukowski and sold some traditional Swedish buttons etc in 2016. Some...
The marks are Swedish silver marks, indeed, so it is gilt silver from Göteborg, dated 1894, like you already found out. Maybe the three crowns...
I guess I was asking for that cat pic… Ours was bulimic but trying to hide it by throwing up in my shoes. I couldn’t ever decide if the puke felt...
Morning! Thanks for all the replies! Yes, it has a hole in the back for a wire and likely had a shelf, but they might have been later...
I was looking for something interesting to do for my retired husband, who is quite good at woodworking and has repaired a couple of our ( not...
Thanks! Good to know— I wasn’t sure if thread-stealing was only allowed to cats…
Lily Lalique is a lovely name, I would’ve remembered it, AND most definitely remembered any online parties :-), so we probably didn’t cross paths....
The Dutch also used crowned pseudo marks but a quick look didn’t find any matches. Not that the (copied) style is especially Dutch — looks more...
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