I'm quite sure on the dating and purpose, I sold them at retail in the late '70s, and there's been a set in my Mom's collection for decades, given...
Silverplate, circa 1970s-80s copies of slightly earlier sterling salts, sold under different names, one that comes to mind is Leonard...
The boxes are most likely from Florence, as his Grandmother noted, appearing to be covered in a typical Florentine paper, the motif 'il giglio'...
Suppose they could be Italian, but they look French to me too - perhaps they were sold in the Florentine paper box by an Italian retailer? My Mom...
Please forgive the repetitious post: Seldom bother anymore with explaining the difference between patina and tarnish on silver, because it seems...
Seldom bother anymore with explaining the difference between patina and tarnish on silver, because it seems to have become popular to leave it...
As already suggested, the engraving is 'MW', the lettering was typically called 'Ribbon'... ~Cheryl
This is an old photo of my spoon-lady, but I still have her, packed away somewhere - her face and hands look to be nicely done papier-mache, the...
I've not seen an Oscar spoon like yours either - very cool... ~Cheryl
Thanks for offering and please count me in too... ~Cheryl
Whaaat!?! Another chance at a Komo-designed scarf - count me in please... ~Cheryl
Heh, my collection is pretty minor compared to a lot of collectors - I have a couple of rare treasures, but it's not particularly special...
Piece I've wanted for some time, an Iron Maiden spoon from Nuremberg (Nürnberg), enamel bowl showing the Schöner Brunnen: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
A small New Orleans souvenir with a crescent moon and the goofiest little applied 'gator: [ATTACH] A rather wonderful 1891 Naturalistic rose...
More spoons... Norwegian Dragestil spoon by Marius Hammer, engraved dragon in the bowl, wonderful little grotesque guy blowing a raspberry at...
As already suggested, its a perfume flask... ~Cheryl
According to your description (not really a provenance), it appears that you've rounded the weights, and am assuming ounces avoirdupois rather...
That's Kalo's #5811 'Lotus' bowl, made with several variations indicated by letter suffixes, the Chicago Silver site notes that, "the 5811 was...
Eh, like I said, Russian silver is complicated, I only have a few references, with no real time for or interest in delving deeply into it - and...
Rarely comment on Russian silver because it's a complicated field where I'm not qualified, and just filled with fakes, some fairly decent and some...
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