They're earrings, despite what the seller has decided, and I'm wincing a bit at thought of those clip-backs digging into my feet (real shoe-clips...
Looks like Austrian .800 silver toucan mark... ~Cheryl...
Eh, realize it resembles a dog, but pretty sure it's supposed to be a monkey......
Hah - we love questions, asking and answering! Like some others here, I love silver, and spoons in particular (it's an addiction, really), so...
There's been mention of galalith in a few recent threads, so thought I'd post my German .830 silver snuff box by Heinrich Mohr in jewelry because...
Sorry, should have been more clear - the 'А▪Я' mark belonging to assayer Yashinov is not the same as the 'АЯ' maker's mark on the OP's much later...
Here are some new elephants - not going to join the site for sizes, etc., but their suggested retail prices seem to range from $4. to $75.:...
Not sure how you'd determine age, have seen these in import stores for years, suspect they're still made - heavy because there's usually a wood...
British silver, London 1893, likely by Hart, Son, Peard & Co (Thomas Peard): https://silvermakersmarks.co.uk/Makers/London-TM-TR.html#TP ~Cheryl
But you understand that sales descriptions are often unreliable, frequently filled with inaccuracies resulting from poorly done research, and...
Not uncommon Komo - there are numerous examples online with similar strikers in the lid, this lot has a variety, including one with 'MATCHES' on...
Well, can't see much use for a striker on a stamp box... ~Cheryl
Sweet - the wear to the silverplating is attractive. Table vesta/match holder, would think dating around the 1880s... ~Cheryl
The ashtray history: https://www.museumofroyalworcester.org/learning/research/products/royal-worcester-round-ash-tray-tables/ ~Cheryl
For years around here, seems like most antique shops have at least one of the cigarette cups, somewhere in the place, used to hold business...
https://www.etsy.com/listing/597592429/royal-worcester-cigarette-holder-and ~Cheryl
Cigarette cup and ashtray... ~Cheryl
That's the 'King Edward' pattern, introduced in 1936, the marks are what I'd expect... ~Cheryl
Just checked, and I can still put my palms flat on the floor, as could my Mom, well into her senior years - to be truthful, sort of figured we...
Very simply, without reference to Chinese Export, or Asian, or bamboo, or floral, etc. - I just ran across it while checking his other items...
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