I know I'm making this harder than it should be, but I've spent the morning inventorying my collection. I've been looking for marks and was even...
This tiny spoon is 4 inches long and has no marks at all. It tarnishes like silver, but it's hard to tell if the tarnish looks like plated or...
I have some wartime and post-WW2 currency that my father collected, and among other notes (from France, China, and Japan) is a Japanese occupation...
I'm looking for a complete 1959 wall calendar for a gift for a friend born in 1959. That year matches up with 2026.
[ATTACH] My grandfather's dispening license.
As I work my way through the silver my sister-in-law gave me back in the spring, I've run into a couple of things I have questions about, this...
Do you know how difficult it is to photograph a Stanhope image? This watch fob in the shape of an anchor and telescope contains a Stanhope photo...
Among the many things I've inherited is this platter. It currently lives on our dresser but for its protection, we'd like to display it on the...
These are family pieces, but I don't have any idea of the age. I recently had the seat of the rocker repaired, and the upholsterer said he found...
This heavy solid brass or bronze pot belonged to my great-grandmother, or so I was told. My mother kept it on her hearth full of fat pine...
My grandfather found these in a burned-out house in France during the Great War. The artist's name is Deflin, but I've never been able to find any...
Nothing as nice as those shared by https://www.antiquers.com/members/dragonflywink.111/, but here are some of my favorites: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
I know Clemens Oskamp did sterling, coin, and plated flatware. How well were they marked? I'm pretty sure these are plated, but I wanted to check...
I've spent a good while looking for this mark, and just haven't had any luck. An "R" in a shield, with a crown above. This is found on a small...
A souvenir of Lexington, depicting a Minute Man. I thought it appropriate for the date. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
As I work my way through this stuff, I'm finding a few things that I like a lot! This is one of them. Bowl by William B. Kerr, 9.5 inches from...
Does anyone know much about boar tusk corkscrews? This was in the pile I got recently, and I remember my dad using it when I was a child (way back...
This footed bowl is lovely in its simplicity! The rim of the base has a slight dent, so it doesn't sit quite flat, but that's easily remedied....
If someone could look up this piece of Reed & Barton and share the sale price and date sold with me, I would appreciate it. STERLING SILVER REED...
Among the things my sister-in-law returned to me was this brass framed image. It measures (frame and all) 9.5 inches high, 8 inches open and 6...
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