Strictly speaking, America has never had an ACTUAL hallmarking system. It didn't even have a fineness grading system. At the moment it has a...
Unlike Europe and Britain, America didn't have standard hallmarking services (it still doesn't). Hallmarking and silver purity varied from state...
I agree with silverplate. If it was real silver, it'd have a mark on it somewhere.
They look like the sorta candle sconces that you find on old upright pianos. Like this: [IMG]
Hi CXG, Your cup is certainly silver, and I'll wager that the medallion is also silver.
I can tell you that stuff like this isn't rare (although this one might be, I'm not entirely sure). I have seen examples before of silver coins...
Sterling silver toast-racks...they really don't fancy things up like that no more...
Ol' Teddy was married, you know...
Edward became king in January 1901, when his mother Queen Victoria died. The coronation was set for June, 1902, but the king fell ill with...
You could glue it down, and then rivet it in with thumb-tacks...
You could try wallpaper glue. I think in the old days, a common (and cheap) glue was just a simple flour-water paste, but I'm not sure how...
The reason I say that these (and those in the links from Susan, which I've looked at) are celluloid and not ivory, is because...quite frankly......
Celluloid rose in prominence in the 1920s, but it was used prior to that point. You have to understand that celluloid and bakelite (although...
Celluloid came out in the late 1850s or early 1860s (you'll have to check). It was originally called Parkesine. Then Xylonite. Then Celluloid....
"Ivorine", "French Ivory" etc, are all names for CELLULOID. ...which, I believe, this is. It doesn't look like ivory at all. I reckon it's...
I thought of making a new thread, but then I remembered this one existed. Here's some of my 'artsy' shots of my antiques... [IMG] Underwood...
LOL!! Probably is! And no, Aquitane it wasn't honestly that bad. But I couldn't resist a post like that :P
The leather top may be a replacement (such things do exist), but the presence of the leather top immediately says that this was used for writing -...
Yes ma'am...yes ma'am...yes ma'am...sorry ma'am... ...iiiin other news...I did make that mat specifically for photographing antiques on...
It looks pretty inconvenient as a desk. I think more likely it was a writing table or a library table, designed for occasional use. I notice that...
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