Thanks to publish the link. It's interesting you explain that can be buy freely, by us it's a offence against federal law to obtain such punch...
A good ASCAS post on the thimble subject posted today.
This one is similar as this made for my mother 50 years ago at school, If' you're living where it's a school system like in Switzerland they are a...
It can come from everywhere, I've a friend who is a professional "vannier" in french and he learn that to children at school in their Mother's day...
The picture in the link doesn't appear in my post, I'm speaking of the 925 picture which is in my quote, I put the picture below. The text wasn't...
It can be a striker, I've some with similar item used for scratching, I've not considered the function before, only the marks. :bag: I just found...
The problem I have with this mark is that it's made with three different stamps, and marks for silver are made in one stamp, as they are not sold...
Very irritating but i can't find the name behind the initials, they are hundreds of makers with G and impossible to find the good one…:banghead:...
It's a double g in gothic german, I have a specialised book and look if I can find your mark later.
Looking at the biscuit or porcelain figures I have in the same design, when the cane is porcelain too, it's soldered to the figurine, here you can...
Fly catcher is used with the hole downside, the flies search light to the upper part and cannot go out, here it's not possible to hang it or to...
@ Shangas, actually they are no more quality items in the telescopic ones due to the needs of the customers, for nature observers we use very...
It can be this one broken and repolished, this was made to transform unsalable lamp foots into sculptures, I'm near certain there is one in my...
That can be made to maintain flowers for a better result, or like for ikebana, I've some flies catchers but they are a lot less nice as yours ;-)
It's very interesting, do you think it's an item made as a present from a museum or a military group, or to commemorate something, as this firm...
On many illustrations, it hold a wood sword or a cane, as on yours nothing seems to be broken, it can be held in the right hand and maintained by...
Some wonderful pictures for the hallmarks etc… And for pleasure too.:banghead:...
Working with a dendrochrology laboratory, they cannot be sure of the wood it is without analysis in most cases, I'm giving them access to the...
I don't know where you're living, but we have to be careful because as all species concerned by CITES laws, in many countries it cannot be sold...
The blades were often mounted in fused colophane or similar resin with sand, it can explain the black aspect.
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