After a lot of close examination, I have no reason to believe that it isn't silver, but I'll take it to the local gold-buyers' later on to get...
Information from the seller was as follows: A Very Rare Peranakan Straits Silver Vase with Applied Repousse Decoration of Floral Motifs and...
Or at least, that's what it was sold to me as! [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] It doesn't have any marks, but...
India is very famous for its brassware. Some of the pieces they produce are absolutely beautiful.
You have to understand what EPNS is. Electro-Plated Nickel-Silver. Nickel Silver is an alloy made of zinc, copper and nickel (hence "Nickel...
Don't you DARE give them any ideas. That's the last thing we bloody need...
So how *should* I be reading these marks? Because I'm totally confused....
Here we are: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] These are the only marks on the entire ring.
Unfortunately it is VERY hard to photograph, but I'll give it a shot.
The marks are: CROWN - For GOLD. 15ct - for 15kt gold. F (something?) S E R F - Date letter? + duty-mark +...SER = maker? I have no idea....
Done a bit more research, and I now believe it to be mid-Victorian. 1860s, 1870s.
Yeah it's been 'round the block a few times. I even had a go at re-rounding it to get its shape back. This is after 10 minutes on mallet and...
"Pince Nez" ("Pass-Nay"). AKA: "Nose-Pinchers" (the literal translation).
Picked up today from a very nice old Greek jewelry seller at the market. He insisted it was Georgian (by which I assume he meant 'Regency')....
Looks cute, but it doesn't look particularly old. I'd say second half of the 20th century. Too smooth and clean to have any age to it, and looks...
SOLID GOLD DIAPER PINS?? Now I've seen everything.
You gotta be kiddin' me. This is a thing??
I'll update the thread when I manage to get a few hours alone with the school archivist. As yet, I'm not sure when that'll be. Not for at least...
He sent a reply last night :) The school is opening a new museum/archive building next month, so they've actually been cataloguing all their...
The ONE TIME I was able to BUY an actual silver desk-set inkstand with pounce pot (from a fellow dealer who sells almost exclusively - antique...
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