Just a few random thoughts... If the garland were intended to lift a lid, which would likely be hinged to whatever the container might be,...
Can't say it looks Scandinavian or Dutch to me - my immediate thought, like Anund's, was Spanish Colonial. Looks okay to me, but there were a lot...
Perhaps the green stone is maw-sit-sit from Burma?...
Can't say I see any problem with the marks, it was produced for Tiffany by Adams & Shaw somewhere from the mid 1870s into the mid 1880s - decent...
Lovely tea glass holders, I like the monogram (and what a great price!) I see 'JH' for the maker too, but don't know who it might be - these...
'Pure Silver' is used like we'd use 'Solid Silver' for the various qualities of alloyed silver, wouldn't be 'Fine Silver' for your pieces - worked...
Good memories, INH - and I'm still sorting through her stuff (so many swans), that spoon and all the other silver swans will stay in my...
Awww, that thread has my late Mom's Jamie Linton swan salt spoon... ~Cheryl
They would be from India, used to see that decoration quite a bit, but had a hard time tracking one down now (I think these are marked 'SILVER', a...
But it doesn't affect the person being ignored, they don't even know, or care for that matter... ~Cheryl
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