Found it on page 107 in Jzyk & Robertson's 'The Open Salt Compendium' (2002), described as a peacock, but continue to be troubled by the lack of a...
Eh, would think there would be some element of a tail if intended as a peacock, but the head really does look more like a peacock, even taking...
Stylized 'crowned' swan design (but I agree on the peacock resemblance)... ~Cheryl
The initials are 'JS', fairly recent amber from Poland, sometimes found with proper Polish marks too... ~Cheryl
It is a mid 20th century salt cellar and spoon (the head and wings should be glued to the body) - bears a Dutch 'ZII' import or finished/used...
Lovely pieces, Kyra - and a great buy! My semi-feral Siamese-mix, Lisa, is a gifted hunter, with squirrels a favorite prey, so they've abandoned...
I think they're lovely, Bear - the necklace a bit better quality than the earrings (they're close, but not a matched set). Can't add much to...
Just can't make out the maker's mark, which can be helpful in dating - odd that they placed the marks on that side, probably the required location...
Nice - .950 silver... ~Cheryl
Eh, I think you're right on that piece, Bakersgma - kept trying to decide if it was a server or a butter knife... ~Cheryl
All but the server were intended to be placed with what we'd consider the front, down - your marks will be on that side on the forks and spoon...
It's Austro-Hungarian - small works mark for .750 silver (4th standard), looks like an 'A' for Vienna, the mark on the clasp is probably the...
The form is a cross-quadrate (square cross), they show up fairly often in heraldry, but not aware of any specific religious association - to me,...
Hehe, if someone wants to use it as a toothpick, that's fine too... ~Cheryl
Just to be clear, this is not an Ottoman Empire Sultan's tughra silver mark, but a fairly simple tughra in Islamic calligraphy (perhaps the makers...
Would be a single from a set of 6 or 12 cocktail/hors d'oeuvre picks - may have been all coffee beans, or a harlequin set with different South...
Company seems no longer in existence, but the mark appears to belong to Pratâncora Indústrias in Brasileira, Brazil (prata=silver,...
It's South American, the finial a coffee bean, most likely Brazilian or perhaps Colombian - probably mid 20th century rather than antique... ~Cheryl
Sam Flax/Orlando (there's one in Atlanta too), part of the New York 'Sam Flax' stores. The various other Flax stores are all separate businesses,...
Heh, and later too - sold them when I was a manager at Sam Flax in the late '80s-early '90s (I much preferred my sterling Waterman, but most...
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