Nice - if you don't already know, the pattern is "Haga' (duh), the Stockholm makers, J.L. Hultman and Skandia merged in 1957, a few years after...
This blog post on "Paper, Ink, Sand, Pounce", is interesting, with the author doing some experimental research:...
Heh, my first Siamese was Mai Hai Thai, named for her intense interest in our teenage herbal high-jinks... ~Cheryl
It's a really sweet piece, and would certainly serve well as a pounce pot or sander, but believe it's more likely a shaker - the well on pounce...
Looks to me like all the canes were faces, some quite distorted when the beads were worked... ~Cheryl
Been gathering cedar boxes since I was a kid - have quite a few old ads from various sources in my files, that one was found in Billboard... ~Cheryl
https://www.earthlyadornments.com/products/vintage-india-millefiori-face-beads-circa-1980-avg-size-15mm-sold-individually-b1-739-e [ATTACH]...
Interesting - just some thoughts: Since we can't see the box, is it something that might have been obtained on the route of a merchant ship? If...
1942 wholesaler's ad: [ATTACH] ~Cheryl
Here you go: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] ~Cheryl
This is mine - 1972, by Auran Kultaseppa: [ATTACH] This one is also about 4.5 inches long:...
Heh, I have one of those little cuties - it's a coffee measure (kahvimitta), they come in different sizes and shapes, but yours looks about the...
As NewEngland suggests, it's a 1943 Peter Hunt piece, though always believed his painting style was based more on Pennsylvania Dutch than...
Ran across a smaller novelty foul pot, with burner stand and ladle, while browsing Ruby Lane, bears 1946+ Egyptian marks:...
Eh, that mark was a mystery on 925-1000 for years, causing a lot of irritation for several reasons, but most of us had agreed it was Greek - then...
From the gift shop at the Benaki Museum in Athens: https://www.benakishop.gr/en/replicas/plate-with-a-sailing-ship-w-aa0984b-18796.html [ATTACH]...
Married fish set, engraved rather than etched, late 19th-early 20th century - if the only marks are 'EPNS', then the only way to attribute the...
Dansk Førsolvningsanstalt of Copenhagen, early to mid 20th century; two-tower plate mark was pretty much out of use by the '30s.; 'Eneret'...
Sorry, it was a quick late-night post - guessing you were looking at the '12' as a löthige/lødigt mark... The 1st mark is the city gates of...
Haven't been around much lately, but just wanted to add a bit - while yours would not date earlier since Maison Behar claims first use of that...
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