They are German pastry tongs (gebäckzange), the grapevine design is simply decorative, it's a common motif for silverware, regardless of purpose....
I framed these buttons for my Mom years ago: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] ~Cheryl
They were most likely all intended to be used on women's clothing - the bees look like metal-coated plastic novelty buttons, probably mid 20th...
The only 'bible' on buttons is Hughes & Lester's 'The Big Book of Buttons', over 800 pages, first published in 1981, I have the second edition...
He does mention some polishing cloths by name on his 'Warning!' list, including a couple I've used over the years, and I've used Wright's too....
This piece was irresistible, have never seen one like it - a 4½" long version of a wooden articulated acrobatic 'Monkey on a Stick' toy. The...
I like Sandringham - it's an elegant pattern, simple enough to look nice with modern china patterns, fancy enough for ornate antique china (and...
Pretty little 3⅜" Rococo Revival master salt spoon, George William Adams for Chawner & Co., London, 1856/57: [ATTACH] Mid 20th century...
From an 1873 British plater's catalog: [ATTACH] ~Cheryl
Champleve rather than cloisonne... ~Cheryl
At that size, it is, as already said, a salt/pepper shaker (though I use one of similar size and style to sprinkle sugar on strawberries for Mom...
Thai coconut water dipper - the handle would be a stick that slides in through the round hole and is locked in place in the square hole. Wouldn't...
My jewelry and bead books are packed away, but a couple were in a box of silver books I brought here, and one was Jargstorf's 'Baubles, Buttons...
Hehe - no, there was just a lot of 'face' ashtrays made in the early 20th century, all sorts of faces, male, female, pretty, homely, animal,...
Gotta say, to my eye, it looks like 1920s-30s Czech, a designer's version of an ethnic design - those are almost certainly Czech stamped brass...
Looks to me like a homely woman in a bonnet, but regardless, it's most likely an ashtray (ash receiver) - early to mid 20th century... ~Cheryl
Hawkes cut and engraved glass blanks from other manufacturers, but they did open their own silver workshop around 1912-13, most of their...
That is a Wallace mark, the third mark you showed originally is, as already identified, Watson... ~Cheryl
They were made in sterling, with wings and without, the 1956 ad below shows them in sterling with Cupid spoons; the other pic is a fuzzy...
Godinger set in original box, made in Italy, same spoons, different head and neck, dated 1984:...
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