Oh my god... Cheryl you are amazing!! It's not often that I learn something new in antiques...when you've been into them since the age of 5,...
I looked it up - oh my god, I think you're right!! Now I've REALLY seen everything! ...I need to sit down for a minute...
Maaaybe? That said, it's only 3 inches long, so...it'd be a VERY small comb.
When I saw it for the first time, I thought it WAS a comb, but it looks far too small for that.
Unless it's a very THIN toothpick, I don't see that happening.
Maybe, but there's also no evidence of needles.
Hey guys, Thanks for the replies. The shopkeeper insisted it was a bookmark. I'm not sure how he arrived at that conclusion, but I saw no reason...
I picked this up at a small antiques shop while out walking today. The shopkeeper said it was an Edwardian (certainly looks like it) sterling...
Going by the shape, I would suggest that it was one of three bottles which were intended to be stood up in some sort of circular frame.
Here's an actual kat-mau, as a comparison. This is from my collection: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] As you can see, they're higher and more "oval" than...
It looks similar to a Chinese Chupu / kat mau - a lidded porcelain soup-bowl. But the handle/knob on the top of the lid is all wrong. No chupu...
Oh that is very very very nice work!! Five stars!!
And here was I thinking that perhaps Ol' Vicky was drunk the day they did her portrait for the mark and that, in her state of inebriation, she...
A friend asked if I was going to sell it. Uh? No!? I'd never find another one!
Hey guys!! Just posting an update for anybody who was curious. I took the spoon for XRF-testing today. Result: 95% Britannia silver. So...
I've run the characters through a few translators, but they haven't had any luck with it. Personally I'm not sure this is even silver.
It's a detachable handle. The clasp at the top is spring-loaded. You extend it, then you pull the clasp up and it clips onto the bridge of your...
The rocker-blotter (correct term) is not going to be worth a huge amount of money. The ones which are, will be the fancy brass ones, or the...
The blotter may not be especially old, but I know for a fact that people still use those things, so there's a market for it, if you ever get...
I was told that the spoon was English, between 1680 - 1720. But as you say - the marks are gone with time, so we could only guess with the dates....
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