Ahhh, the progress they've made since I last considered doing it... ~Cheryl
Same deal for doggie-DNA - only the maternal side for females... ~Cheryl
Never bothered to do a DNA test for ancestry since females only get results for their maternal side - we can cross reference with close male...
Certainly possible, children's silver wasn't always engraved, and sometimes silver is found with added engraving when passed along... ~Cheryl
Silver manufacturers produced most of their pieces as long as they were selling. The only marks shown in the eBay listing you refer to is from...
Hunhhh, wonder if the anomalous 'H' is perhaps an indication that they were made as a set - I can picture them in nice presentation case, sitting...
Heh, pretty much unreadable. There were different 'M/m' marks, if yours has the same serifed capital 'M' as on the piece I posted, then it would...
Would've been nice to see the marks, but if this is what yours look like, production would have been between 1879 and 1891: [ATTACH]...
Are you just looking for similar pieces or are you trying to find the exact same piece as yours? If looking for a piece identical to yours, that...
The majority of mustard pots retain their glass liners, even those a couple of centuries old, likely protected by the lid. Should note that...
Sorry, not really understanding what you mean... ~Cheryl
It's a mustard pot. ~Cheryl
London, 1911. [ATTACH] https://www.silvermakersmarks.co.uk/Dates/index.html ~Cheryl
These boxes come up fairly often - here's a post from February:...
Personally, have some doubt this bag is antique. Have you done a burn test on the lining or cord?...
These are my American coin master salt spoons, the sixth is 'Cottage', marked only 'PAT.61.', made prior to Gorham adopting the sterling standard...
It is Gorham's 'Cottage' pattern, the subject of one of Gorham's infringement lawsuits, still relevant case law - the patent can be seen in the...
Awww, I so loved Rowlf when I was a little girl in the '60s - he used to be on the Jimmy Dean Show... ~Cheryl
Danish, mid-late 19th century, not sterling but 12 lød silver (.750), the prick-engraving looks to be 'Erindring' (Remembrance or Souvenir) with...
From Drucker's 'The American Designs: Georg Jensen' (2008): Didn't find your exact piece in catalog pages from Georg Jensen Inc. USA, but similar...
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