You gotta love it when the marks are illegible or missing altogether, and the shop thinks it's costume.:p Then again I'm wearing a brass ring...
The Black Prince's Ruby in the British state crown is actually a big red spinel, so that would be a possibility too.
Not a clue; I'm not a pottery specialist.
I may have trouble looking at an apple the same way for a while!
I was thinking it might be Crown Devon or Crown Ducal, but I'm not a pottie. I'd be willing to bet the registry mark is in the mess under that.
A medal flung under a kitchen SINK? Oy gevalt. That really will be a job of work. If he'd toss a Navy medal under the sink anything could be...
The color looks like tourmaline or ... red beryl. There's a red form of emerald that's legitimately rare. I've never seen one in person. If it's...
Yup. Looks like it was printed at somebody's house and the artist only made three.
It's 100% costume. I'd guess late 60s to early 70s.
The poor thing needs help; the insides probably looked like Buzz got at them.
A hundred other companies used a crown. The mark really is a blurry mess.
All I know is it's pretty. Mexican is as good a guess as any.
Definitely a blue underglaze shield mark, but whose...good question.
It is one way to figure out what's where. I might have hobbled off with that too.
I don't think it's horribly old. Maybe a newer copy of a very old object?
I wonder if it's a giant whistle.
I think Roaring is right. The cloth-wrapped wire points to pre-WWII. I'd bet there was a glass panel in front of the light that's now gone....
It's the symbol of Sturbridge Village. It's a tourist attraction that also attracts school groups, or did. They moved a bunch of old, for the USA,...
This we gotta see! I went to an estate sale last weekend, and your $5 grab bag beats everything I saw there by a mile.
I see some cute bits, but the lot is already over what I'd pay for it. The Old Sturbridge Village pocket watch is cute, but not worth much. The...
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