Sugar used to be a very valuable commodity (especially back in the medieval era, up to the 1800s), so if it's an especially old casket, it might...
If you look close, you can see all the dots and specks and lines on the body of the statue. They're the marrow-specks or marrow-lines, where the...
It's probably bone. I don't think it's a signature, it's probably some sort of manufacturing mark.
Mine is a huge, black beast made in Japan. It comes with two combination dials and a lock on the front.
Boxes of this type go back a long way. I have one from the 30s which is huge. I keep my silverware in it. They were very popular in the Victorian...
We await its appearance with bated breath, young'un!! :P
Can't help until we can see what it looks like...
Right!! Well thanks anyway AJ for IDing the assay mark at any rate! That was very interesting.
So what's the B mark in the shield with the umlauts on top or whatever that is...?
Aah!! I knew it was the assay mark, but I couldn't find the actual assay-hall. Thanks! So what about the date letter? It's a P, that's all I...
Research reveals: Lion Passant in hexagon with '2' = Dutch Silver, 1814-1953. Purity= 833. P in a circle = 1849! Still got two more to try and...
I bought this at the local auction house, along with another piece which I also have doubts about. Anyway, I'll deal with this one first......
I hear they sell the organs-and-bone kits on eBay now.
I was thinking of the XRF analyser, S.A. Only I forgot the actual name of it at the time of writing.
I have heard of those scanners. I forget their precise name, but basically they fire a laser at the metal. By measuring the reflections, they can...
...plastic frogs of the non-hopping variety, I trust? :o
I'm flattered at the acknowledgement that my answer was obviously the greatest :P
There's at least one guy in the world who collects airplane vomit-bags.
If the lid is pierced and open at the top, then I don't think so. Maybe it's a censer? Chinese bronze censers (for incense sticks) are very common.
It looks cute, but somehow I don't think it's very old.
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