I know the general consensus on your other thread https://www.antiquers.com/threads/need-help-identifying-a-skeleton-key.39135/ was that the...
Replacements designated this pattern their number INS300:...
Pretty sure that's an International Silver pattern, seem to recall it had the Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co. knight-head mark - not a named line...
[ATTACH] ~Cheryl
Have seen sterling silver woven baskets from Mexico and elsewhere, properly marked - but the silverplate pieces aren't necessarily without value,...
This page from a site associated with the Birmingham assay office tells a bit about XRF testing, with the last three paragraphs getting into some...
Not sure if the 'machine' is an XRF spectrometer, but good as they are, even the most pricey of units must be carefully calibrated, and can give...
Would have been and still would be on a new piece. ~Cheryl
Can't say I see any modifications other than small repairs - as already suggested, it's a typical oak machinist's tool chest, on the smallish...
As a small girl in Kansas, my oldest brother took me out at dusk to a friend's house that was backed with woods - dozens of huge cecropia moths...
'Savage Landor' (Arnold Henry)... ~Cheryl
Stumps and tortillions... ~Cheryl
Anundverkaufen- your salt is shown on page 43 in Tompkin's 'Handbook of Gorham Open Salt Dishes' (1987) - from 1860, #120, originally had...
https://picclick.com/Rare-Antique-Iraqi-Islamic-Solid-Silver-Niello-382978944144.html
Marsh Arab niello, also called Amara-work, typically made by Mandaean silversmiths - the large structure is most likely the Samarra Mosque rather...
It's a sugar box from Breslau, circa 1810, maker Johann Valentin Jentha (the 'N' is an assay/date letter): [ATTACH] ~Cheryl
Typical Post WWII Japanese, intended for the American market - as a quick note, most countries specify their sterling standard as 'at least' .925...
I'd probably start looking at French champlevé, maybe late 19th-early 20th century, perhaps a panel off a box or ???... ~Cheryl
I sold a lot of very similar Italian/Florentine leather boxes (with same keys and tassels) at retail in the '80s - the engraved metal inset is...
Kultakeskus Oy: https://www.kultakeskus.fi/ ~Cheryl
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