Go to eBay and type in "SILVER POUNCE POT" and all the listings - almost all of them, will say something like "Sterling silver pounce pot /...
Yeah. This is why trying to find one is so goddamn hard. Because most people have never even heard of them, nobody knows what they look like....
I'll let you know in a few days! I just sent him an email. Here's part of what I said: Hi >Name<, I don't know if you remember me. I contacted...
That's precisely what I thought. I was intending to show them to the school archivist and see what he says.
Now that I think about it, I think you're right. The date just didn't match up to what I thought. Never mind, one day I'll find a proper one and...
You're welcome, Bookie. I'm surprised nobody here has heard of them before?? I mean I know they're obscure as hell, but I thought surely in a...
Do you guys have any kind of wavier that I can pre-emptively sign to protect against future strokes brought on by antique-induced envy?
Also, I don't think this would count as a "goblet". Most people would probably call it a "beaker" or "tumbler".
Definitely Russian, 19th century, or very early 20th century. Pre-revolutionary. Likely a Kiddish cup or a vodka shot-glass or something of that...
I'll have to be careful about what else I share on here from now on, I guess, eh? :)
A pounce pot is a desk-accessory. You keep it on your desk along with your inkwell, candlesticks, pen-trays, pen-cleaners yadda yadda yadda. It's...
I have been chasing after one of these things possibly longer than anything else that I have in my collection. It's sterling silver, just over...
Antique jewelry & writing-box, sewing-box etc...keys...and locks, for that matter...are usually very simple. I have a whole pile of antique keys...
I'm proud to say that the cufflinks have returned!! And with the correct number of links on each side, now... [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Yeah, I think it was to stop the taste of the tea from being affected by the wood, etc. Or something like that. The box doesn't look like the...
Tea-caddies are lined in foil, aren't they?
I'm half-and-half. I specialise in pens, pocketwatches, pocketknives, razors, and silverware, but I'm interested in a lot of different things.
I would say so. I doubt this thing has any real value as it sits.
It looks (is?) homemade! :o
I sharpen my straights the oldschool way, with a block and hone.
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