Can remember seeing similar 'Oriental' inspired dining sets in the 1970s-'80s here in the U.S., most with similar exotic veneer tabletops - the...
Sadly, though learned in my youth, no longer able to speak it (use it or lose it), though I understand a bit with slow-talkers, and can respond to...
Could be that I knew that too...;) ~Cheryl
Only occasionally check in on Facebook, not really my gig, but do keep in touch with some relatives and old friends. When I was posting in a...
An 1896 interview with the model, Beatrice 'Trissie' Buckstone: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] ~Cheryl
After John Everett Millais' 'Cinderella', perhaps taken from a reversed engraving... [ATTACH] [ATTACH] ~Cheryl
Perhaps the OP might consider giving the size, along with decent images of the marks and the other pricked engraving, which could be helpful,...
Though the form wasn't originally designed for use by nurses, they were a favorite, and they can be found in pictures of nurses dating back at...
It's a fabulous piece, even if it didn't have the saphirets, but with them - WOOHOO! ~Cheryl
Nice saphirets - did they know what they had? ~Cheryl
Givré is French for "with gold in it" - really?!? Apparently we have differing definitions of 'streaks' and 'stripes'- regardless, I see thin...
If I recall correctly, moonglow is satin glass with a layer, varying in thickness, of clear glass on top, but I have Covid-brain these days......
No givre or 'faux goldstone' there - those cabochons have streaks of goldstone/aventurina. [ATTACH] OP's earrings look like satin glass or...
It's a stickpin, looks like '1916' to me, the tails of the '9' and '6' forming the '7' that Debora sees. Can make out Dublin hallmarks, but not...
Not 'Savannah', if that's what you're thinking - introduced in the same decade though... ~Cheryl
Pretty, and right up their alley. From a 1922 trade publication: [ATTACH] ~Cheryl
Oh yeah, same for me - a bit twisted, myself... Will share one of my ladles, a gift from my Mom decades ago (when she realized I was serious...
While I like coin holloware, earlier coin flatware, aside from the history, doesn't usually interest me much, but since my primary interest lies...
Well, Catherine Hollan wrote the book on 'Philadelphia Silversmiths', she is well-respected, her books focused on specific areas; I know Trefid to...
The bowl is Bulgarian Troyan pottery... ~Cheryl
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