Heh, I know all of them too... ~Cheryl
Just literally decades of handling silver and researching it... The Aspire auction was in 2007, believe silver would have been a few dollars less...
De Carlo in The Ten Commandments: [ATTACH]
Absolutely looks like Yvonne De Carlo (can't believe I missed that) - definitely not Ingrid Bergman, and Isabella Rossellini would have been...
Feel like I should know the woman between Lloyd Bridges and Howard Duff, as well as the man second from right, but it's not coming to me. Can see...
Revere bowls were produced before the Sons of Liberty bowl was acquired by the MFA in '49 - it was first exhibited there in 1906, and replicas...
They were most likely just the retailer, and it's a classic 'Shell' pattern, several firms issued it as a sterling line pattern right around 1890...
I certainly never suggested they were sterling, they are definitely not sterling, and they are not marked as expected for Old Sheffield Plate...
The marks are typical of British electroplate (not unusual to have variations with the symbols), and note that the link INH posted is to 'English...
The family history could be about right, here is a Lebanese filigree souvenir spoon marked '80' (would have been considered part of 'Ottoman...
Asian blow-mold versions of mid 20th century Italian 'pixie' or 'elf' figurines, usually found as lamp bases......
Me too - I'd call it 'burnt orange'... ~Cheryl
Thought I'd add this mid 1950s 2.5" enameled sterling modernist salt by American craftsmen Prip-Pearson (Jack Prip and Ronald Pearson), the lovely...
Looks kind of like someone spilled latex paint on cast iron, resulting in rust... ~Cheryl
The English spoons were purchased by the seller from Kastner's, not sure if they're mentioned in the other eBay listings, but would suspect those...
Third Reich memorabilia is widely faked and misidentified - wish I had a buck for every 'genuine' Nazi or SS skull ring I've seen. Engraving can...
Lucky you - what a cool piece (is it a pendant, or a brooch?)! Interesting how he pursued his education (I am a Jack Prip geek, and love...
Eh, if they were stupid enough to buy them, probably stupid enough to be happy with them... ~Cheryl
Just stunned me when I ran across it, even without any knowledge of silver, it's just all 'off', and would think that anyone interested in such...
Purported to be a 1932 gift to Eva Braun from Frau Goebbels - the set is Northumbria's 'Normandy Rose' pattern (bit of irony in the name),...
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