I have to admit I did know there was a Francois candy company.:happy:
Looks like it says Francois to me.
Here are a few of them.
You are most welcome. Lamps are one thing I am dangerous with. Been selling them off slowly, but still have 150 or so.
Note how the collar that the burner threads into is internal to the glass. That definitely dates it after 1910. I have probably 10 or so finger...
Whenever I soak oak like that the darn grain goes crazy. I have never tried maple. I don't tend to get much maple in my possession.
have used that method myself. It works well with woods like walnut and cherry, not so well on oak. Oak seems to split.
As is, you would be lucky to get $25 here in Iowa.
eBay shoppers won’t pay much at all. It looks like most of what you have are postmarked and that cuts the value a lot. Also “mint” stamps that...
Here in Iowa, maybe $400 on a good day. Found a blurb for Hallett & Sons. https://susanhogben.wordpress.com/tag/hallett-sons/
Oops, went crazy on the pictures. Sorry.
Got this Teddy Bear at the end of estate sale along with several other items for a total of $5.00!. Bear is a limited edition (15 of 75) and...
Agree with Brad...with the missing glass, you would be lucky to get $50.00 here in Iowa.
I pick up Stiffel's whenever I can find them. We probably have 15 to 20 of them now, dating from the 50's to the 80's I would guess. They don't...
I picked up a Stiffel with a Stiffel shade from an estate sale a couple months back for $10. Very similar to the ones pictured, but not quite as...
Have essentially the same desk. 1930’s is a good estimate.
Try Cera glass. Similar to some we have.
They scream mid-century to me.
Agree with late Victorian. One at a local estate sale was being passed by at $30.00 a few weeks ago.
I probably would have done the same thing...as my basement can attest.
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