Heh, must have been retailed by Montgomery Ward - seem to recall that trademark as circa 1960s... ~Cheryl
True, they may have been offered as a dessert set as well, though they often had slender blunt-end blades, but it wouldn't be for fish... ~Cheryl
Sorry if you meant the difference between fruit and fish set, the slender blades and small working ends of the forks indicate a fruit set... ~Cheryl
Close-ups would help in the material as well as reading the marks (both materials would have been used for decades) would have been used for, and...
That's a fruit set rather than fish - could be ivory, but suspect it may be celluloid (Xylonite, or sometimes Parkesine) in old British...
From the 1886 Meriden Britannia catalog: [ATTACH] ~Cheryl
The enamel oranges souvenir spoon is by Shepard... ~Cheryl
Polish, and fairly recent: http://www.silvercollection.it/DICTIONARYEUHALLMARKPOLAND.HTML ~Cheryl
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] ~Cheryl
Though a bit unclear, it's marked as a 'PREPARED CANVAS', and pre-primed canvases were available from suppliers decades before the 1890+ dating...
'REEVES & SONS' ~Cheryl
Bet it was the same guy - he had some special way of telling which ones were 'real', and there was a wacky story involved too... ~Cheryl
Heh, wish I didn't - bad enough that it's in my head, but even worse to only remember part... ~Cheryl
The cowry shells were acid-etched rather than carved... ~Cheryl
Darn - was hoping you'd have a better memory for the details. Can remember him declaring certain pieces as sterling and some sort of bizarre...
Bakersgma - remember the poster on the eBay boards who was weirdly obsessed with Corbell? Can't see a piece without him coming to mind... ~Cheryl
Corbell & Co. - modern silverplate: https://www.925-1000.com/silverplate_C2.html ~Cheryl
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/ryusa-netsuke-modern-masterpiece-313660035
Maybe we should start a dedicated 'critter' thread? ~Cheryl
Hehe, at risk of lowering the thread even further, will say it's really more a dominance or stress issue than sexual - my alpha-bitch Preshy will...
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