1893 ad for the original series (pieces marked with the R&B eagle/R/lion): [ATTACH] 1948 insert for the boxed reissues (marked with sans-serif...
I emailed Mitch at sterlingflatwarefashions.com years ago with the correct information on this pattern, and had to dig into my files to get the...
That's 'Harlequin', the serving pieces were a 1960s-70s reissue - can post an ad for them in a few minutes, believe it names their purposes......
Looks like a hobbyist china painter whose first or last initial was 'H'... ~Cheryl
Believe it is more likely to commemorate an ice skating 'school competition' rather than a reunion... ~Cheryl
1948 ad: [ATTACH] 1951 ad: [ATTACH] 1952 ad (no. 6): [ATTACH] ~Cheryl
It has a spigot, so it's an urn, if it has a percolator, then it's a coffee urn (there were also chocolate urns with stirrers), but it could also...
The two little trays are mid 20th century individual ashtrays, sold separately or with a matching cigarette urn, sometimes also a matching...
I'm having a hard time seeing that mark as 1817 or 1819, would not expect to see either in an oval. Perhaps the maker's mark could be posted?...
Likely it is charcoal, but it's not really a drawing, it is, as Anundverkaufen said, a solar enlargement photograph, they're heavily touched up...
Had to get to a better screen than my phone - the variant of an apostle spoon, with the cock symbolizing Peter's denial of Jesus, is Dutch silver....
The 'PR'/horse-head mark is Dutch silverplate, but a quick run through my references and files doesn't find it... ~Cheryl
The Th. Marthinsen pattern is 'Viking Rose', they also bear Swedish import marks. ~Cheryl
Nice - when I was a teen in '70s Florida, before gambling became their big business, there were still a few Seminoles at roadside chickees selling...
Was rushed when I wrote that post (and still am), also meant to say you did a lovely job with the lining, the cord and tassels are a nice touch....
Here, mostly in the mid 19th century South (particularly Virginia), similar sturdy harness leather baskets, some very fancy, were used by the lady...
Heve been seeing this 'knotty' beading technique for several years now (kind of a resurgence of the macrame jewelry we made in the '70s) - it's...
Sweet little piece - not much for costume, other than dragonflies of course, but do really like most Bohemian/Czech pieces. Years ago, worked...
Looks like the Tallin Jewelry factory, 1971: http://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=16681&p=37617 ~Cheryl
Soviet, 1958 on, should be a tiny Cyrillic letter to the left of the star indicating the assay office... ~Cheryl
Separate names with a comma.
