Based solely on these photos do you see a Minerva indicating silver or possible plate marks? Not sure I see the correct shape around what looks...
Image search likes it for Ghana, a sankofa bird. This doesn’t give me a big urge to argue. I don’t see any others from Ghana with the neck...
Grabbed this nice little thing a few months ago. Something about the marks seems familiar, but try as I might I can’t pin down why or where...
Lovely photo of a well to do farm, likely in New England. I’d think it would be somewhere 1880’s-1910 or so. Hoping someone can help narrow it...
Wondering what the star is on the breast of these old chaps coats or uniforms? Two of the portraits are of a Prussian king. One purports to be...
Purchased two silver pieces today for around melt. Can’t say I liked paying that at the new silver prices. Was $14 per ozt when I started buying....
Well if you wanted good colors it had to be! Guessing not much dying goes on these days. Hopefully the art form stays living! A PBS look at...
When I grabbed this quickly at a sale I thought it was a strap hinge. I was in “grab what you can, as fast as you can mode” at the time. I now...
One of the Myth Busters guys visits the American Bookbinders Museum in San Francisco. Great look at different processes and machines used in early...
I’ve had this piece for a while and have really developed a crush on it. Can’t imagine anyone has the foggiest idea who it could be by? Initials...
J/k Hydrogen peroxide, does it damage gilding? I’ve got some stained plates with glorious gilding. I’ve never actually used the ol’ dealers trick...
This came in a group of Native American pottery I bought. Doesn’t look traditional to me. It could be NA made anyways, or auction house just...
I haven’t tested the setting yet. Could be gold or GF. The stone looks good to my amateur opal eyes. It’s got major fire when the sun hits it. I’m...
Grabbed this last second at a sale. I had been eyeing it but didn’t want to layout close to the asking price. Luckily I didn’t have to. I’m unsure...
This one’s a bit of a mystery to me. Bought it on a whim while checking out well after a sale had closed for the day. Had to make a split second...
Not even 2 1/2 inches tall. Saint Pantaleon is pictured and named. When would you imagine it was made and where? If someone told me they had proof...
This stone is on a honker of a 14k gold tie bar. I thought it might be a yellow sapphire. That’s a barely educated guess though. Lil help?...
This may be plated, or just white metal. I hope not but I’m skeptical. Was hoping I might see a French Minerva at first. Not really sure what I’m...
I saw a couple Christmas gift themed posts and was inspired. I’m thinking of purchasing a few sterling pendants and one gold pendant to have...
I found this at a sale a year of two back and had to have it. Seemed to be flying solo when I found it. I’ve assumed it’s a lid to a box. I guess...
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