A mortar and pestle is a mortar and pestle. Yes there are several styles. Yes, various styles are associated with various regions of the world, or...
It's an apothecary-mortar & pestle style, that much I agree on, but that doesn't mean it was necessarily used in an apothecary. It might've been,...
Isn't a magic lantern a type of slide-projector? Like this thing? [IMG]
You can still use it for cooking! Make some crazy-ass pasta with that thing, that's for sure!! MMMMM!!! :P
I stand by those statements, but I never said it couldn't, I just said it wasn't advisable or wasn't likely. You can use a shot-glass as an...
I never said that it couldn't be used with a fountain pen, I said it was more likely to be used with a dip-pen, and I still stand by that...
Ave Satani, eh AF? :P
Thanks! So, does the translation still hold true? Is it Danish or Norwegian?
Oh I see! So how old is this? If I read your post correctly, then the unknown mark is '71' for 1871? Here are the five marks: [ATTACH]
How do you determine Norwegian-ness?
Hey Folks, Picked up this battered, silver beaker at the market. Has an inscription on it: "Erindring af mine Brodre" = Danish = "In Remembrance...
These days fountain pens do come with steel nibs, but the vast majority of antique ones would've had gold - it was the only material they had in...
Yes, but a fountain pen and a dip pen are not the same thing. Only a dip pen needs such frequent wiping.
Wrong. It is a wipe for DIP PEN nibs. This was used to wipe the excess ink off of the nib on your dip pen, to preserve the steel and prolong the...
That one is much bigger than mine. Theirs is 10 by 5. Mine is only 8 by 4.
Can't be an inkwell. The acidic nature of inks in those days would've eaten through the silver in no time at all.
I'm sure something like this would've had a specific purpose. The head wouldn't come off for no reason.
Well we haven't seen every side of it yet, so possibly. At any rate, the surface itself looks pretty textured as it is.
My guess is that this little fellow is a snuffbox. Or possibly a desktop vesta case.
The Lion Passant is for England. The Lion Rampant is for Scotland, and I believe, a variety of European countries.
Separate names with a comma.
