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I'm assuming the heart shape is a mark as well, possibly a small workshop stamp but i've not been able to find another example like it. I'd agree...
That is a very stunning cicada! :wideyed:
Hi all, I'm normally fairly good with hallmarks, and I do have the Millers Encyclopedia, but even after spending a couple of hours or so I can't...
Can't beat a few good bugs on anything :joyful:
Thanks! I froze it for a few minutes, then picked most of the wax off with a plastic tipped point so it wouldn't scratch the metal, then gently...
Thanks so much for that, I was hoping someone might have the catalogue! Love that they call it 'gold inlay' when its such a thin thin coating :D
Just for anyones interest, a gorgeous silver and 18ct gold plated chamber stick with bugs, from the Meriden Britannia Company, circa 1880s I...
I rather like 800 /835 silver, it tends to be harder wearing than sterling, which is softer (higher silver % the softer it is). Colour of 800...
AJ... Thank you so much for that reply, so much info on turquoise of that date is very much appreciated and I'm happy if they may be Persian,...
Antique British silver jewellery is often unmarked. Only larger items had to have assay marks, so smaller items frequently didn't, or were just...
That's a link I'd not seen before, thanks, good explanations of the different mines. Yeah, unless it's an obvious type, I guess even an expert...
Thanks! It's such a vivid blue. Shame one is cracked though.
I hate the really head scratching pieces, love a good research hunt but when it's all down to a few slight clues....arghhhhhh! I'm glad your...
Hello all, I'm normally good with both British arts and crafts jewellery and fairly ok with Native American too when buying and selling over here...
Wierdly it sits still and the bottom of the spout stops it rolling!
My first thought was a water dropper I must admit, but I did ask in an Asian pottery site and it was there that a bird feeder was suggested due to...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Hi all, hoping there may be a bird cage collector or pottery person who can give me a better idea of age on this water...
Agreed, I'd say chinese too, a Fenghuang (like a pheonix but not). Lovely pendant.
Quite a few people use the cases on their own if particularly nice as lockets or keep-safe containers hung on a chain. Smaller ones anyway. I...
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