I think someone took a true vintage piece and gussied it up, painted in some damaged bits to keep it out of the landfill. It may be a bit older...
Meissen used a mark like that VERY early on. I don't know enough to know who made the urns though.
The pin hinge says it's 1890s or earlier, and the safety stick agrees. I don't think it has a darned thing to do with the nasties; it was...
Hive mind strikes again! Nice desk, btw.
That and old school Charlie Brown fans. "I got a rock." (Peanuts Halloween special. Now only aired via streaming, which sucks...rocks.)
It would be good to sit a candle in, if you found one the right size. I can't imagine anyone objecting.
I'd say throw that in an antique booth for $20 and it'll go home with someone.
Petosky stones are found near the USAian Great Lakes and they are indeed fossilized corals or the like. Greatly prized by some and unknown to the...
I wouldn't leave it sitting in a drawer other, but maybe she was too scared to wear it out. I don't wear my earrings to church because I have to...
I've seen beads like that. Faturan maybe?
That's a back-of-my brain connection. I was told once by a fine antiques dealer that Faberge sold some Scheid pieces, and a brain fart may have...
He made things for Faberge . At least some of those marks were legit. Maybe not all of them, but some of them.
He surely did. Worked with Faberge! No idea what it would be worth today.
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