'PLASTO' - Made in Austria... ~Cheryl
Ummm, not a pomander - it's a button and toggle: https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O296218/button-unknown/...
Still fuzzy to my old eyes (not helped by the scratched glass), but looks to me more like a piece of wood than bone. Would think that if a...
Geez, my eyesight is just so bad anymore - is that something three-dimensional in the center? ~Cheryl
Okay, have to ask - how did you know that they tasted like worms? Mine was beef liver, left alone at the table until I finished it - eventually...
Eh, I live in the U.S. and I've known them as as Travellers or Irish Gypsies as long as I can remember... ~Cheryl
Here's a sterling chain from a Latvian seller that appears to have the same mark:...
Travellers have been stealing and defrauding people here in the U.S. since the 19th century. If you've had someone offering to do some...
Early 1990s+: http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=lv&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.prove.lv%2Fabout%2Fzim.php&sandbox=1...
Believe that's a fairly recent Latvian mark... ~Cheryl
Researching a piece of jewelry I'm considering, and ran across this 1876 British catalog page in Flower's 'Victorian Jewellery' (1951): [ATTACH]...
Perhaps we could have some more pictures, along with a description of what you see, having the piece in hand? Are the claws set firmly against...
Hmmm, see that Janetjohn's link to NobelAntik shows the 'u' under 'M' as 1959... ~Cheryl
Nothing wrong with the mark - looks like she was designed in 1928, the 'u' under the 'M' indicates production in 1962:...
Have seen similar rings set with pearls and turquoise, as well as other gems, in catalogs into the early 20th century - would guess rather than a...
Marks look correct for 1877 to me - when the 9, 12, and 15 carat gold standards were introduced in 1854, they were not struck with duty marks....
Not really sure what to say here - have given numerous examples of really serious anomalies on a really odd item, and personally, have no doubt...
Nothing wrong with that at all, Komo, everyone's tastes are different, but what I see is a somewhat crudely made and kind of weird item, cobbled...
From a 1904-05 publication: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
Truthfully, suspect this is a complete fantasy object, with whoever created it using a fake stamps on the tablets, the Grachev Bros, stamp also...
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