On my monitor appears to be worn to brass, or is it copper? Likely a wedding gift, the two families represented. The engraving isn't of the best...
American Apostle spoons by Gorham, have found them advertised from the late 1880s into the 1910s (scroll down on the first link):...
My Mom has collected tins for decades - most are packed away, but here's a basket full of typewriter ribbon tins that sits in the living room:...
Apostle spoons: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostle_spoon...
The applied bits are silver, whether marked or not - and must admit to a bit of envy here... From Carpenter's 'Gorham Silver 1831-1981' (1982):...
Would suspect it was on some sort of dealer award plaque. Variants of that Imperial trademark were used from the '60s into the '90s, would think...
Wow!!! Thank you so much - I would love to add them to my collection. Still getting Mom into gear, will message you in a bit... ~Cheryl
This is on a pocket protector (remember those?): [ATTACH] https://www.allpar.com/cars/imperial/ ~Cheryl
Ummm, okay I'll bite - why would you need a strainer under a used tea bag? ~Cheryl
A tea strainer would be used to catch the loose leaves as the tea is poured from the pot and some can be quite shallow, they also sometimes have...
That looks like the eagle that was on our '68 Chrysler Imperial... ~Cheryl
Kind of hard to tell, but to me they look like Austro-Hungarian/Austrian import marks (different eras): https://www.925-1000.com/Faustria_03.html...
I have several spoons with shell/mother of pearl bowls, as well as a number of the ubiquitous pearl-handled serving pieces, but this one is from...
Don - a decent shot of the marks would probably give you the dating... From what I can see, that is the mark of John Fraser aka John Fraser...
Well, this makes three I've seen - awfully well done to bear no maker's marks. The eagle is really nice, and I'm a sucker for a shell bowl, but...
Some time ago ran across a lovely sterling spoon with mother of pearl stem, parcel gilt, the figural finial of the Statue of Liberty left silver...
Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co./International Silver. ~Cheryl
That looks like a pygmy rattler - lots of 'em down here in Florida, not as dangerous as the big diamondbacks, but you seldom get a warning from...
Neither the beads nor craftsmanship are of particularly good quality, and personally, doubt this necklace has much age, nor do I believe the color...
Have seen quite a few seed bead wrapped ball necklaces in the last several years, products of cottage industries in Africa. Here is one along...
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