The origin: https://hennepinhistorymuseumblog.wordpress.com/2019/06/04/knock-on-weavewood/ The 'Swanson' tray, intended for use with those old...
They're wood strips, compressed in a resin base, date back as early as the late '40s-early '50s, and are made of several different woods - they...
I have stainless chilling cubes, as well as beer bottle chiller sticks - and when I was a bartender, sometimes used plastic 'frozen bats' to keep...
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They're drink stirrers, you keep them in the freezer and then use them to keep your drink chilled without diluting it - basically a metal ice cube...
They used to often have crossed eyes and kinked tails, it was pretty much bred out long ago, but it's still in their genetics, and shows up in...
Hehe, it's a common Siamese trait - the one Bear posted might be the most cross-eyed I've seen... ~Cheryl
No problem! One of the members of the forums there is Dutch and does a good bit of research, thought perhaps I'd missed something, but I checked...
Welcome to the forums. Fairly familiar with that site - where would the Amsterdam School maker's marks be found? ~Cheryl
Nice piece! Perhaps a variant of the illustrated Stroeve mark, the punch used on yours would be quite small... This piece, sold as Stroeve,...
To be clear - Sezgin was founded in 1950, there is no reason to believe they didn't produce Modernist pieces in the period. ~Cheryl
Thanks, Bear, they were both sweet babies, Percy lived a good long life, Sydney passed too soon - this pic is a fooler with Syd looking sad, she...
Please take into consideration that sales descriptions and anecdotal notes are not necessarily accurate, and asking prices are often extremely...
Wow, Bear - those are some serious crossed eyes on that flame-point! Percy's were just ever-so-slightly crossed - here he is with Syd, apparently...
Looks right to me for an early to mid 19th century pressed wood snuff box - would think birch as well, and guessing perhaps German, though the bit...
Perhaps the '800' factored in? More likely to find '900' or '925' on South American silver, but .800 silver is particularly common in Argentinian...
Would suspect 'ING' was the maker's initials... ~Cheryl
My Flame-point Percy Peach, who was one of the best kitties ever, but a bit eccentric at the least, was also a bra thief (thoughtfully bringing...
I'd think South American - with the .800 fineness and 'sun' maker's mark, believe early to mid 20th century Argentinian would be most likely......
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