Everything about it, including the lucky pig, horseshoe and 4-leaf clover, points to Germany - might be Schafer & Vater, but there were also other...
Scottish horn spoon missing its silver mount at the top of the handle - would have a ball or thistle at the tip, occasionally a whistle, or even a...
Eastlake settee - the asymmetrical form giving ladies plenty of space for voluminous skirts... ~Cheryl
Though two horns are much more common, pretty sure that's a gong stand - the gong would hang from the two rings at top, the striker resting in the...
Sorry, no luck... ~Cheryl
My Mom purchased a black one for a black & white ball in '80s, can't really see it in the pic below, but she wore it again in '95 when we attended...
Hehe, glad you like it! When I get to unpack things and redecorate, I'll probably set them up again... ~Cheryl
What I can make out isn't ringing any bells, but I may have one book that might help - it's here somewhere in a box, just have to figure out which...
@ola402 Some displays, there are pics of others, but I don't have access at the moment... An old pic, these were on my dining room wall for...
Thank you, Debora!! You might appreciate that every time I look at the bowl of the first piece I think of a Fortuny pleated silk... ~Cheryl
Thank you so much, Kyra!! ~Cheryl
This was my Christmas gift to myself in 2022, an uncommon and rather lovely bon-bon spoon by J.F. Fradley - they produced several different...
Correction: sizes from 7.75" to 10.5" Awww, thanks Komo! Thank you - they are well-balanced and pleasing to the hand. Thanks AJ - I've...
My birth-flower is Lily of the Valley, and I've always loved their graceful form and sweet fragrance - was always sad as a kid when Mom would rip...
Actually, Gorham was one of the lesser providers to Tiffany, mostly flatware in the 1860s, especially Gorham's 'Medallion' pattern, which was very...
The second looks to be the Whiting Mfg. chimera mark... ~Cheryl
I had my hospital baby-beads and used them in a liquid siver bracelet I made in the mid '70s - they had only my surname with pink beads... ~Cheryl
I'd think a watch fob. If there's anyone near that does lapidary work, they could probably find a stone and cut a new cabochon... Here's one...
For any interested in silver, and American in particular, the Rhode Island School of Design launched an exhibit of part of their Gorham collection...
Gorham is a weakness for me, they were prolific, as well as incredibly innovative in the mid to late 19th century (especially the 1870s-'80s),...
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