These silverplate on copper bits include a 6" round: [ATTACH] ~Cheryl
A flue cover is referenced, so it's perhaps around 8 inches in diameter? What does the back look like? Similar Hans Jensen pieces are 'Dutch...
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Thank you, Tallcakes - I've bookmarked the site for reference! Just to add a note, Hoffman wasn't the only maker of these Czech pieces, but...
There were also built-in snuffers on some ashtrays, and here's one with an intaglio insert and a snuffer attached to the matchbox holder:...
I like them too - my Mom was a salt collector, and I did her research and cataloging, I've been around them for over half a century. The ads...
Not really just a possibility, it is a circa 1920s Czech (Bohemian) intaglio ashtray, as said, open salt collectors like them. I have at least a...
It's a Czech intaglio individual ashtray, they were sometimes cold-painted like yours, and they're popular with open salt collectors......
Eh, the 'bride's basket' term came about because cake and/or fruit baskets (which have handles), and made both with and without glass inserts,...
Thank you. Curious what dates it to such a narrow window, but unfortunately your book is not in my library... ~Cheryl
New addition to the collection - a sweet little heart form bon-bon spoon, marked only 'STERLING', 4-5/8" long, bowl 1/5/8" wide: [ATTACH]...
It is a thrill, sometimes my years of collecting and research pays off... Same for me... Thank you - and I'd never let the seller know, that...
To be clear, as already said, this piece was produced in 1902. Suspect listing it as other than a cheroot holder would be a mistake, but...
Recently, while poking around online, a listing for this piece just popped up, so had to take a look. Suspected it might be by prominent Austrian...
Heh, reminds of a wild Dubliner I dated for a short time who, after I objected to his excessive drinking, womanizing and lying (which he...
Nice piece! A hot water kettle, and with the spirit-lamp fortunately still present... From a 1900 catalog: [ATTACH] ~Cheryl
Thank you! Was just thinking that my eyes must be getting worse... ~Cheryl
They were believed to have been used at gatherings, not necessarily weddings, suspect that their being used at one wedding and then stashed away...
Sorry, saw I was tagged right before the internet in my neighborhood went out, finally back up. Likely circa mid 20th century, the Eastern Arabic...
Suppose it's possible, but I see the same aging and patina, with a nice fit to the body. Hard to tell the intentions of the carver well over two...
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