800 is a common silver mark in many European countries. The Netherlands, Germany, Italy, etc, etc...without any extra marking, it may be...
It's not a pillow or a headrest - it's a kneeling stool. You place it behind you, and you can rest yourself on it while you're in a kneeling...
When I joined, which was years ago. Since I seem to be causing nothing but problems, I guess I'll leave this thread.
I've never bought anything on here, so actually I didn't.
Maybe!! It depends on how much it costs, and what condition it's in!! :o
I may be wrong with this, but I believe the shape of the tines indicates pastry or dessert forks. For eating pie, cake, scones, stuff like that.
If it's Russian, '84' is 84 Zolotnik, which is 87.5% silver. Definitely not sterling, but it is silver. Other Russian silver grades were 88, and...
Not very, apparently.
I claimed to be interested, I never claimed to be smart.
Sorry to upset you so much.
This is "Damman's": https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/pictoria/gid/slv-pic-aab89168/1/a41755 Established in 1854, Damman's was a tobacconists shop and...
I have a school-crested cigarette lighter, also retailed by Damman's. The lighter dates to the 1930s, that much I know for certain (I looked up...
The school was founded by a Scotsman in 1851. It started out as the Melbourne Academy, but its nickname was "The Scot's College" or "The Scots'...
I bought these on eBay over the weekend, and they'd just arrived this morning. These cufflinks, in white and blue enamel on sterling silver,...
Back in the old days (17th, 18th, 19th centuries) "Plate" referred to solid silver. as in "wrought plate". Early gold-filling/gold-plating systems...
Well, fortunately for you, I did some research before writing that posting! :P
These were made largely in the Asian interior. So we're talking places like Mongolia, Manchuria, Tibet, etc. Chinese dining customs have NEVER...
It had better BE accurate! I wrote it! It is a chopstick trousse, with chopsticks and knife (with bone scales), and a case made of wood, covered...
There's a few companies that still make inkwells. I think it's more as a pretty ink-storage device to keep on one's desk, rather than anything else.
There is actually another MB pen which is even SMALLER than this, which is the MB 114 (commonly called the 'Mozart'). It's absolutely TINY, but...
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