Most of my reference books have little notes added regarding errors or omissions, along with tiny post-it tabs marking pieces I own or want to...
In the mid '90s, the owner of the antique mall I co-managed brought in shipping containers of similar Indonesian teak chairs (even similar box...
Try setting something flat on the tripod formed by the ears and nose to see if it sits level - really looks more like stirrup cup bottoms to me......
That is an odd assemblage - the fox-heads appear to be the bottoms from stirrup cups, similar to this one:...
Hmmm - perhaps a typo when the translation to English was done? ~Cheryl
The correct date is shown under 'Hungary' - my Tardy is a 1985 edition, don't know if they finally corrected the error in later editions... ~Cheryl
Will be nice to see the mark when cleaned up... AJ - suspect you took the '1886' from Tardy, since it's a misprint there, the start date for...
Hi - welcome. Okay, so are you assuming it's 'German silver' (nickel silver, no real silver content) because of the NA pieces at the Smithsonian,...
Not sure what you'd consider recent, but the .600 spoon I have here (believe I have another packed away) is a Nefertiti souvenir spoon, it is...
So far as I know, .600 is still the low standard for Egyptian silver - I have at least one .600 souvenir spoon... ~Cheryl
Should also mention there are a few companies that stock some fairly standard glass liners as well as doing custom-work, and an old friend used to...
Eh, suppose it depends on what you want - if for resale, probably wouldn't be worth the time or money to find or have made an appropriate bowl; if...
Even lower fineness was produced too, might find the occasional German piece with a '625', though much more commonly expressed as '10 Löth'; and...
Looks like a fairly recent cast resin toothbrush cup to me... ~Cheryl
Wayne - please stay, it can be difficult finding your way in a forum as personal as this one, and some of us have known each for many years, way...
I'd think the under-tray for some kind of condiment set - perhaps salt & pepper with oil & vinegar... ~Cheryl
So don't want to get involved here, but in Kiko's defense, don't believe she was commenting on the OP's physical appearance, but rather his...
It's a pretty thing, would be a shame to scrap it - most likely a held a nice glass fruit bowl... ~Cheryl
A numeric '750' (equivalent to 12 Löth) was a fairly common German fineness mark, usually dating to a few years prior to the minimum fineness...
If you look at the one Say_it_slowly posted, you can see considerable wear on it too, especially to the bear... ~Cheryl
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