I've seen a few of those. They're really elaborate. I'd never be able to afford one! Lucky you :) Any pictures for a curious public?
I think so, yeah. It's got the flat, recessed handle on the top and it's covered in leather. Usually hallmarks of a traveling box. Recessed...
Absolutely. I'm just reading up on how these things were used. I'm sorely tempted to take that sponge out and soak it in some sort of scented...
I've seen a few boxes like this at the flea market before, but they were all missing keys or trays or were damaged in some way. I saw one,...
At least I know what it is! The guy who sold it to me said it was a matchbox. I didn't have the heart to tell him it was nothing of the kind.
I have no idea. I believe it's Jade. It belonged to my grandmother. [IMG] Here's the box after a good scrub-up with some KIWI boot-polish....
Regency vinaigrette. Very cute :) [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] What looks like the original, 200-year-old sponge! [IMG] Full set of hallmarks....
I'm so blind!! I was about to ask: "How do you know it's a honey ladle??" And then I saw the bee! Very, very cute! That would look lovely in...
[IMG] [IMG] The sharp-eyed will notice that the first tray is the wrong way around, and that the right lid-prop is missing. [IMG] [IMG]...
Incense burner was my first thought as well.
There is absolutely no sense of scale here, as others have pointed out, so it makes it almost impossible to judge. But I'd say that they're...
I didn't wanna say 'yes', because I didn't have them in my hands - the only way I'd ever be 100% certain, of course. But the signs I see on them...
My gut-feeling is that they're both probably ivory.
Silver is supposed to have antimicrobial (I think that's what ladybranch was thinking about) properties (although to what extent is debated, I...
After that damn Twilight series, yes....
You disappoint me. And here I was, expecting to see something like this... [IMG]
Eh.
They're definitely ladies' watches, that's a given. The decoration on the case and the size make that obvious. Crown-wind watches came into...
Definitely not Sterling. It's just one of those fancy maker's marks that LOOKS like Sterling. Rather frustrating, really.
I didn't say it was MADE in 1828, I was the company was founded in 1828. Some type of horn might be a possibility...it looks too random to be...
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