A decade later and I still don't know the mark, but at least this piece, even if we never get to see a full view, would seem to confirm...
Believe Hooijkaas started producing these premiums for Douwe Egberts in the mid 20th century, thought I'd share the origin of the designs. Bottom...
Good to see the marks on the hooded blade - many similar asparagus servers on the market have been modified from hollow handle knives, the blades...
Sometimes, the supposed histories of items are just not right, and though attractive, seems extremely unlikely these pieces are of the origin or...
Just curious - why a wink? ~Cheryl
They bear official Italian marks indicating 800/1000 silver as marked - they would not bear that mark if silverplated (and again, 'Argenta' is...
'Argento', or 'Argenta' as on these pieces means 'Silver', 'Argentato' would indicate silverplate. The small mark on the left, as Bakersgma...
Eh - just junk, will gladly take it off your hands and dispose of it properly (seriously, bit of spoon envy here). Although ball knop spoons were...
Georgian silver sugar tongs were typically from 5" to 6" long, sugar bowls and baskets were rather large back then (and ice tongs wouldn't really...
Autumn was the pattern I picked out as 'my' china pattern when still a teenager, and then in my mid-twenties acquired a rather large service for...
Might consider it's a faturan carving rather than bakelite... ~Cheryl
Finnish silverplate, the 'UH' is for 'Uusi Hopea' (New Silver), the 'Ho/y' mark was used 1920s-'60s by two makers, Hopeatehdas Oy in Helsinki and...
Figured that was the case - gave me a chuckle! Thanks, AJ - considering your own reliability, high praise! ~Cheryl
Keywords are important - believe more people would search for 'brandy warmer' than 'pipkin' - personally would use both, and depending on the...
As a note, the piece in that link isn't a brandy warmer, it's a weird side-handled mid 20th century version of a Jersey or Guernsey milk jug,...
Heh, that 'someone' is usually fairly reliable... WWII shut down the supply of silver from Denmark - bit short on time, so rather than go into...
Heh, I was in a hurry when I first posted and realized that I hadn't really explained my opinion (other than in my own head). My memory is not...
Of course other countries have some of the same lucky symbols, and Germany has others than shown on the link (including the number '13'). To...
German good-luck symbols: https://www.stuttgartcitizen.com/lifestyle/glucksbringer-good-luck-symbols-in-germany/ ~Cheryl
Separate names with a comma.
