Originally, an' for ~10 years after I got these in an odd-lot auction, they were completely sealed in thin, tinned-both-sides sheet steel with...
The carbon-steel blade is ~10" long, straight as a string. It tapers in width from 1/2" at the ferrule to ~5/16" at the radiused tip, an' in...
This was Mom's, but I have no idea where or when she acquired it. The color goes to a dark, ugly gray-green under UV (pic 4); the jump-ring is...
The brass strip measures ~3/4" wide, ~7" long, ~1/8" thick; weight is ~3 oz. The bamboo decor on the reverse is acid-etched using a resist; the...
It's 2 3/16" tall, 1 5/8" rim diameter, 1 3/16" foot diameter; weight is 58.4 grams. To the right of the word gill is a crown, beneath which is...
It's ~3 3/8" long an' weighs 18.5 grams. The glaze has the faintest blueish cast in several places, an' both eyes are somehow treated to show a...
It's ~58mm diameter, ~5.7mm thick; a steel point will scratch it, an' leaves white powder. Weight is ~31 grams. Is there any significance to the...
The floor of its bowl looks as if the resist was applied overall except for the apple (pear, persimmon?) outline; the signature is 'proud' to the...
L&N has been sold twice, the last being almost 30 years ago...so not a lot of chance to find archives to interrogate. The sticker seen in pic 5...
I think I've paraded this before y'all, perhaps in Metalware...but cannot find confirmation by Search...an' I've such a poor memory that there's...
Why was it pulled? Or may I ask...?
It may have had a pewter lid; there is the small cavity in its grip near the rim for anchoring one, but no evidence remaining of one being...
They're 3 5/8" high, 3 7/16" at the rim, 2 5/16" across the flats at the foot; weight is ~9 1/4 oz. There's evidence of a 2-part mold; there are...
It's ~5 3/4" high, ~3 3/4" wide, ~1 1/4" deep; it weighs ~9 oz. The grapes an' leaves are what suggest Bacchus, but Lucifer or Satan would perhaps...
That's a real blow.
This belongs to a friend whose great-grandmother first owned it. There is no familial memory of where or when it was originally acquired. One of...
I've always been fascinated with things circular, especially those with odd numbers of panels, lobes, petals an' etc. That fascination drove quite...
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