You have FAR more patience with this stuff than I do, PI, and I had to rebuild a Victorian writing-box from scratch once... :o But I couldn't do...
I am familiar with coin silver.
The best way to be sure is to look at the marks. If it's American, it'll say 'STERLING SILVER' or a variation thereof. If it's English, it'll have...
[ATTACH] Went out antiquing today. Found a sweet-shop that sells teeny tiny titchy little mints. Bought a big massive bag of them and they fit...
Definitely a card-case for calling/business cards. I'd say late Victorian or Edwardian era. If it is English, then the hallmarks - and there...
I agree with ClutteredCloset. Something like this is likely to be much older than 1930s. The decoration looks sorta Art-Nouveau. So that would be...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] This is quite possibly, the plainest antique I've ever bought in my life. It is a vesta-case from 1886, made by the...
900 silver. So not sterling. And definitely not ivory. Celluloid and 900 silver is what this is. And a paper-knife/letter-opener for sure. Cute...
Bit late to the party, but yes, a pocket microscope from the 1890s or early 1900s-1910s. Not especially powerful, but still very cute. 'Made in...
Most def. guilloche enamel. Always highly prized + very attractive :) A lovely piece!!
I'd suggest yumcha at a fine restaurant, and then an evening of Peking Opera...
British: Hong Kong, India, Burma, Singapore, Malaya, Straits Settlements. Dutch: Indonesia, Java, Sumatra, Dutch East Indies. French:...
The Peranakan,of which AJ & and I are both descendant, lived in Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia. THeir furniture and other things (clothes,...
Don't be so sure about that, Davy. The last monstrosity I saw in an op shop was a solid silver goblet for $300.00. Not that I bought it, but still...
I get bloody confused when people call them 'salts'. To me they're salt-cellars and nothing else. Salt is what you put into them.
Took a little longer than the silver basket, but I finally managed to sell this piece, too!!
I've always called them salt cellars. But yes, for holding salt.
A decent locksmith should be able to craft something for it.
Aren't they adorable?? I've researched James Macklin. So far nothing is coming up definitive...
Ooh thank you!! He sounds like he'd be the right candidate! I shall research anon!
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