My friend-friends, not my internet-friends!! :P
My friends IDed these at once as being Kiddush cups, so that was good enough for me! :P
I checked the hallmarks on the base. The maker's mark comes from a firm well-known for manufacturing silver judaica. So I have no doubt that's...
Inro! Yeah them's the stuff!
My Jewish friends pulled through with the results. it does indeed say JERUSALEM in Hebrew. I looked up similar cups online and they all match this...
I saw something like this when I was visiting Japan. I forget what they're called, though.
From a Dutch silver website - Assay letters: Regional Assay Office identification letters A - Amsterdam closed 1988 B - Utrecht closed 1986 C -...
If I remember my Dutch marks, it'll be a head in profile, followed by a letter. The letter indicates the town of assay.
I don't think it's custom-made. That being the case I suspect it probably has a Jewish/yiddish religious phrase or word on it. I'm just not sure...
Won this lot at auction today. [ATTACH] Not being Jewish, I won't be keeping the silver, but the decorations appealed to me. I believe them to...
If it's like other pieces of Dutch silver that I've seen, then there should be a date-letter, and an assay mark (indicating town of assay)...
I specialise in useless historical trivia like this :P
Dutch silver, 1800s. The Lion Passant in lozenge with '2' indicates Dutch silver. I believe Lion Passant + 1 = 830 or 900-ish silver. Lion + 2 =...
"65 SWANSTON STREET, MELBOURNE C1" A major street in the middle of the Melbourne CBD. I cross it every week. "C1" is the postal code. Today,...
The fact that it has "MADE IN CHINA" on it would suggest a date of the late 1970s at the earliest. And AJ is right: These fans were never meant to...
Twice a week. Weekly auctions + Sunday flea-market.
Because of the discolouration and the lack of hallmarks.
HOW DARE YOU SUGGEST THAT! GET OUT OF MY THREAD AT ONCE! You NEVER share ice-cream with ANYBODY!! I'm SHOCKED that you would even suggest such a...
I researched the manufacturer: M.H. Wilkens & Sohne, and found the serial number for my dish! Serial # 238007 corresponds to a manufacturing...
Cute setup, but I doubt there's any value there. As Johnny said, silverplate has almost no value unless it's complete, and in *VERY* good...
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