Your piece is not cast. It is spun on a lathe. The 'hole' is where it was held in the lathe.
Waiting for an estate sale this morn, felt the Oklahoma earthquake in Minnesota The sale was a bust
1970s, possibly 1960s
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Thank you Cheryl. The nitric says it's sterling. This would have to be the earliest hex screw I've seen.
I got some old reel tapes with music from the radio recorded on them. The guy that made them mostly skipped the commercials but missed a few....
Should that little mark be 14K, then it may be worth $20/gram
Maybe a union mark. Much political stuff has union logos on it. Usually lithographer union on celluloid.
I think it was like meant as a souvenir - 4-1/2 inches long No maker's mark
[ATTACH] Pepper or something else? 1-1/4" tall, 1=1/8" diameter, 10 sided, 5 tiny holes
Every new level of ivory ban has produced a higher profit for poached ivory The most endangered elephant populations are the ones with the most...
Who is this waiter Louis and why is he on your spoon? [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Silverplate on brass
Note the US quarter. They are just over 1" wide at the business end and 5-1/2 to 6 inches long.
It looks like the Thorvald Marthinsen chalice I think the pattern name is 'Fancy'
I didn't know anyone ever left debtor's prison alive. Although quite a similar mark, the vertical lines of the Js are different.
I got a batch of old spoons yesterday. One the mark will never again be readable. The rest were relatively easy to find. I have found smiths with...
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