If you want an actual, ANTIQUE STERLING SILVER FOUNTAIN PEN from the Edwardian era - you can buy those, too. It'll likely be an eyedropper...
For some perspective, here are my three sterling silver fountain pens. These were all under $200 each. L-R are Otto Hutt, Sheaffer, Tiffany &...
What you've got here is a sterling silver inkstand. Sterling-silver PEN HOLDERS (which is the historical term for them) are very common on eBay....
Yes, I have seen the matching BP on eBay. Currently, Tiffany have two FP models for sale, well over $1,000.
What the first set of photos don't show is how badly damaged the nib was, when the pen arrived (I was happy to buy it in that condition, because I...
Bought this from a friend of a friend, who is a fellow pen-collector... [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] The nib is 18kt white gold, with "TIFFANY &...
Having seen what goes into restoring a pocketwatch, I'm pretty sure that watchmakers are wizards, and that magic is real.
You can tell me! I won't judge! But only if I get to keep the pot! :P
Handle is almost certainly ivory. A bit of searching suggests that these are more likely to be Japanese than Chinese.
I just use water. Water, and then towels to dry them afterwards.
A few general tips from a guy who loves tinkering with antiques: - Disassemble things on a TRAY, so that nothing can roll away and fall off the...
Yeah. They're called hunter case watches.
Good God. Where do you want to start?? How old? How big? Key wind? Crown wind? Crown set? Lever set? Pin set? How many jewels? What size hands,...
A watch AND chain for $300? I don't see that happening, unless they're silver plated.
If you paid just the silver-weight price, for every piece of silverware that you ever owned, it would cost almost nothing.
From the Wikipedia page on Patek-Philippe:
I believe the first experimental "keyless" watches, as they were called in those days, were invented by Patek-Philippe in the 1830s/40s. It is...
Pocketwatch casebacks are either screw-on, or hinged. For screw-on ones, simply unscrew (a drop of oil might be in order, if they're resistant to...
Just about everything is overpriced, when you think about it. The value of the silver alone is nothing. What you're mostly paying for is the...
The challenge is that a pocketwatch won't last long without having it serviced, first. The oil and gunk inside would eventually seize up entirely...
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