Remove the pendulum, to avoid damage to the suspension (probably easiest to take the bell off first) then turn it upside down and use something...
These are a pretty routine set.
About 1870
The cartouche shape is something to go by and most of the time it is consistent, sometimes the remains of a cartouch are all there is to go on,...
Do not expect cartouches to perfectly match the ideal, this one matches no known shape since it seems assymetrical sideways. All else says 1934,...
Could be thirties, could be post war. Not good quality, unusual for French made clocks, leads me to think 1950ish. The wonky movement would have...
That is 1934. No duty mark.
Most of the 'value' of designer goods lies in the mind of the buyer, it is hype and puffery, snobbery and ignorance, not rationality. Regardless...
Given the indifferent photography and the many editions of Speed maps over the years, and the hand painting which was quite often done on genuine...
The arrmorial looks quite normal and the exact design of the coronet signifies the rank of the owner. No time now to look for it.
I'd use either but my usual case knife was like the second example. The ideal technique, if possible is insert and slide sideways rather than...
Routine pre-war lady's wristwatch, could be 1930 or so. Metal value only. The pictures are D-.
It is a run of the mill Swiss 15 jewel lever escapement watch from about 1900 -1920 probably for export. The movement is of standard design and...
The full story is in a picture of the movement.
You are showing the back of a cheap barrel movement from the early 20th C., Possibly by Ingraham.
The font style used by makers of American coin silver items is very distinctive. Learn the look of it and most of the time you will be right.
I think people have thr wrong idea abut silver tarnishing and needing to be polished all the time. Silver does not tarnish just for the hell of...
Any silver I am offered I will buy, but only at metal value. However, it goes into my hoard or if possible gets used around the house, not melted.
I misread it it as Rubik, so I was expecting a more cubist style.
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