This is a fruit stand, likely 1880s, though a few year either way possible. As suggested, a basket would have a handle - the term 'bride's...
I like snakes too, and was always aware of which ones were dangerous, still remember when I was a teenager and my Mom asked me to identify the...
Here is my Scottish Provincial toddy ladle with baleen handle from the same period, by John Glenny of Montrose, simpler and smaller than yours at...
Hehe, yes it's real sterling silver, the silversmiths in the outlying Scottish towns didn't want to travel to an assay office (or pay the duty),...
Sorry, should have mentioned that it's a toddy ladle. ~Cheryl
Always good to see you post, Phil - felt relatively sure of the same before the clear pic was posted, but my eyes just aren't what they used to...
Please try for an in-focus shot of your marks... ~Cheryl
It was already posted: https://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=65018 ~Cheryl
Nice! The maker is Mueck-Carey... ~Cheryl
Image of their trademark: [ATTACH] ~Cheryl
Sorry - my post must have been unclear - and I'm aware it's solid .830 silver. It is extremely uncommon for solid silver to be used in hotels,...
Would be unusual for hotelware to be solid silver, typically silverplate or stainless, both are sturdier, less expensive, and less prone to theft...
Finnish maker Kultakeskus Oy, 1997... ~Cheryl
Indeed! My thoughts as well, I have casual Facebook contact with his sweet little sister and another cousin, and his late mother was an absolute...
Glad your spoons were returned to you! My father gave his grandfather's rifle to my oldest brother when he was a teenager, but he never took it...
It's an Indian-head - Wilcox & Evertsen/International Silver's 'Nathan Hale' pattern, introduced in 1912. ~Cheryl
See you're a new member, so welcome. You've been asked more than once to show the back of the enamel brooch - it is important to give as much...
Prices in the American catalog are per dozen. ~Cheryl
One of those times when 'Victorian' would actually be correct - commercial electroplating wouldn't date earlier than the 1840s and very little, if...
Awww, that's sweet! I've just spent too much time poking around old publications (and modern too), find all sorts of good stuff. Rainwater was a...
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