Believe that's one of Alvin's silver deposit designs, they were usually marked lightly on the silver, somewhere near the bottom - probably a...
Seems unlikely that Bouasse et Cie would use 'D & Cie' as their mark, and the orientation of the symbols should be consistent, since they're...
Did a little hunting around to see what might have been used to etch the wood without burning it (looks like there's also some carving in addition...
I think it's an 'Etching on Charred Wood', and was always intended as the art itself rather than for printmaking. Something caustic would have...
Friends of Blue mentions the 'F.R. & Co.' mark, apparently unidentified, but cross-referenced to one of their bulletins - unfortunately, you must...
From a 1920 retailer's catalog: [ATTACH] ~Cheryl
It's a mother of pearl lemon fork... ~Cheryl
It's Japanese, silverplated antimony, the mark is a 'Y' in a yacht, the maker Yamatogumi, scroll down on this page for two posts with information:...
This piece has a similar stamped texture, as well as a center flower element:...
The cut steel studs are essentially rivets, tapped into the holes in the base - if I recall correctly, pieces with the cut steel being decorative...
Have to have at least a couple of hundred old hankies, can't seem to resist them, just bought a bag of 18 for $3., so they're not packed away with...
That's a normal size for those mid 20th century printed hankies... ~Cheryl
Ditto on the ID and cuteness... Believe I've shown this crummy video before, a Pileated woodpecker going after the mirror on my neighbor's car...
It is well done - an assemblage rather than collage... ~Cheryl
Aside from everything else, though the logo on the watch back is not too bad, the one on the face is not even close, looks like 'TKG' rather than...
Sorry no pics, a link to a near identical piece will have to do (price seems a bit high to me), but lucky these days to have time to post at all....
Sheepsfoot blade... ~Cheryl
Not much to add, it's circa 1880s, and would have been sold as a cake basket. Cake baskets, fruit baskets, and other similar pieces are now often...
Gotta love Estwing products, still well made - Mom has my Grandfather's hammer (he died in '61), and I've picked up a couple of others over the...
Ummm, it says 'Germany'... ~Cheryl
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