Swiss firm Jezler: https://www.jezler.ch/ [ATTACH] ~Cheryl
I'll message you in a bit... Looking forward to seeing them! Agree it would be a useful resource, and it's not just that there's not a lot of...
I just read your introduction, my sincere condolences on the loss of your grandmother, and what a lovely way to honor her memory. Congratulations...
Awww, thanks Peggy! ~Cheryl
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Thanks for the compliments! Found that Lily of the Valley spoon many years ago (the bowl is acid-etched as a 'Chicago' souvenir), it was most...
Can only ask if the collection was hidden away after the 18th century, so never added to after that, but being inherited insinuates that it was in...
The Soviet silver spoons in your link were made in 1971 by the Tallinn Jewelry Factory in Estonia - can't see any indication yours are silver......
Good! As AJ already said and I've acknowledged, there has been progress made and changes in DNA testing available since I looked into it a few...
Shown in Tompkins' 'Handbook of Gorham Open Salt Dishes' (1987), the date of original production was 1901 (gilding would have been optional). ~Cheryl
Ahhh, the progress they've made since I last considered doing it... ~Cheryl
Same deal for doggie-DNA - only the maternal side for females... ~Cheryl
Never bothered to do a DNA test for ancestry since females only get results for their maternal side - we can cross reference with close male...
Certainly possible, children's silver wasn't always engraved, and sometimes silver is found with added engraving when passed along... ~Cheryl
Silver manufacturers produced most of their pieces as long as they were selling. The only marks shown in the eBay listing you refer to is from...
Hunhhh, wonder if the anomalous 'H' is perhaps an indication that they were made as a set - I can picture them in nice presentation case, sitting...
Heh, pretty much unreadable. There were different 'M/m' marks, if yours has the same serifed capital 'M' as on the piece I posted, then it would...
Would've been nice to see the marks, but if this is what yours look like, production would have been between 1879 and 1891: [ATTACH]...
Are you just looking for similar pieces or are you trying to find the exact same piece as yours? If looking for a piece identical to yours, that...
The majority of mustard pots retain their glass liners, even those a couple of centuries old, likely protected by the lid. Should note that...
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