British for sure - the crown matches a Canada patch fairly well. "Royal Australian Defence Force"? [IMG]
Looks like SIRDY or SIRDX or SIRDT as possible. Possibly the initials of a company of some sort? And likely recent IMO.
The Tiffany Chapel is neat -- and (for Harry Potter fans) it has a "memorial" for "Harold Potter" in it!
A gentleman at "Plimoth Plantation" used to demonstrate that he could make arrowheads out of Coke bottle bottoms! Apparently, the use of pressure...
My guess? Baccarat chips. Rectangular plaques for high denominations, and the fact that only one set of colors is present pretty much makes this...
In short, you need to establish "believable auction results." There are auction houses who would gladly help - but not the "top tier" ones....
Identical piece at judicastille.com post for 25 May 2018. Describes the crocodile as a "paint brush holder." Another site calls it a "tea pot".
Soap dishes are often designed to let water drain from the soap - otherwise you end up with a mess. The three feet support this idea as well.
All I can think of is a soap dish - the holes allow draining.
Looks like American Southwest turquoise belt buckle (possibly Navajo design) -- a photo of the "VL" would help, as an eastern hollowware maker in...
I am now old - but the professional dealers I have known do not like to start any auction there under about 75% of "fair." And they always...
eBay generally "ages" such material, so linking to any recent problem may give you an error message. Look on that site for "fairly similar items"...
I looked up the piece - and a seller with an extraordinarily similar piece. Looking particularly at negative posts. I believe your advice to the...
See https://www.ebay.co.uk/gds/Fake-Pocket-Watches-and-Character-Watches-/10000000003295102/g.html I suppose. I doubt that fewer repro/fake...
"Usage not recorded: see "The hammer with handle mystery" below." from the listing I cited. It is therefore 1925 or later. Only ones numbered...
http://www.vintagewatchstraps.com/whomademywatch.php is a nice resource -- but, basically, it is difficult to identify a specific Swiss maker...
The top looks quite deliberately made as two sections - but if they were not intended to be separated, the visible joint makes no sense. Too low...
8655175 as its serial number places it in 1898. The size is around 12 (movement diam. of 1.566 in.) Most "railroad watches" are size 16 - quite...
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