If it is a Kiddush cup, then it's EXTREMELY small!! It'd struggle to be two inches tall.
This was part of a box-lot of silver bits and pieces. I recognised what I thought was a Russian silver mark, so I took a risk and bought the lot....
Yes, Australia :)
That's what my watchmaker told me too!! No, I'm putting it up for sale. Its sale will fund the servicing of my OTHER 992 Hamilton (yes, I have...
It's a vesta-case. 'vesta' was the old-fashioned word for matches (from the Roman goddess of the hearth, Vesta).
It took its sweet time, but, it has returned! [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Complete with a new glass back. Now to pop it up for sale and see what...
Fauxberge! :P
Another bell-pull. Again, very long... [IMG]
Here is an actual cloth bell-pull: [IMG] The bell-wire attaches to the ring on the right, and then it hangs down and is pulled by the handle...
Interesting piece. I agree, to hold back curtains. I have seen actual antique cloth bell-pulls - they're MUCH longer than this. Remember that...
That may be so, but even then, I doubt this is an egg-cup. For one thing, it's only two inches tall.
It isn't right, that's the problem. Egg's too big to fit into it.
Bought it because I thought the dragon was cute, chasing the pearl of wisdom through the clouds... [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Done a bit of poking around. The fineness is definitely 900. Thanks for the help!
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Marks: London. Sterling. E (1800) King's Head duty mark (George III) Maker's mark (G.R., I think it is). [ATTACH]
Measures 15" by 9". Weighs approx 1kg (2lbs), or just under. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] These are the hallmarks....
Honestly! I leave this thread to get a bit of shut-eye and what do I see when I come back!? Thanks for all the responses everybody, but yes, it...
I don't think it's for pins. It's very small. Tobacco boxes that I've seen are usually much larger, palm-sized containers. This is only about...1...
On my way into town to meet friends for dinner, I stopped at a local antiques shop. This was for sale in one of the back cabinets for what I...
Cluttered is right. What is considered 'collectible' tends to skip a generation. What's interesting to someone will almost never be interesting to...
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