The horn trademark is a 'J' for Bergen silversmith Leif Johannessen, who founded Sylvsmidja in Voss in 1940... ~Cheryl
'Chelsea' is possibly a pattern/design name - and it's more likely a biscuit barrel... ~Cheryl
Doubt the design would have been registered if commissioned, and suspect if there was time to make a fitted case, there was time to have it...
Would think pieces of that size would be hallmarked if solid silver... ~Cheryl
British registration mark, no help on metal content (should be hallmarked), but useful to date the design......
Bear - would think the classical designs more an homage to ancient Roman cameo glass, like the Portland vase that inspired Wedgwood. You're...
OP says this is glass, and to my eye, does appear to be cased glass with white enamel decoration (often called 'Mary Gregory', personally prefer...
Okay, I'll bite - why do you believe this piece is Canadian-made? And as suggested, pics of the back would be useful, and better pics of the...
Sold a Rosenthal cake plate like that a few years ago for right at a bill... ~Cheryl
Nice - Steuben Aurene: http://www.cardersteubenclub.com/aboutus/about-view.cfm?category=Signatures ~Cheryl
Now looking at the pic of the other piece on my laptop rather than phone, and it's clear that your piece was the same color as the other one - the...
Nice that you found one like it - have seen the yellow and white pieces before, but they're not common... ~Cheryl
Nice - Egyptian, between 1940 and 1946 (have a chart somewhere for the exact year): http://www.925-1000.com/foreign_marks.html ~Cheryl
Looks to me like a circa 1930s Rancho Monterey style piece, probably a little bar cabinet - original, but so sadly abused... ~Cheryl
There is no clobbering, the pieces are not altered from their original form. Reed & Barton and other manufacturers sometimes wholesaled goods...
LaPierre (sideways) http://www.sterlingflatwarefashions.com/Silversmiths/SSL1.html ~Cheryl
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Suspect Secessionist designers would turn in their graves at these pieces being described as part of that movement... Everything about this set...
I thought perhaps otter because of his expression, the long body and short paws, and also thought it might be a shell on his belly, with perhaps...
It's engraved rather than chased, with a little repousse nose. A fairly small piece at about 4½" long, it has a curved stem and an upturned bowl,...
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