You have some lovely pieces in your shop - I've handled quite a bit of Yogya silver over the years (keep a Wayang Kulit shadow-puppet spoon in my...
Nicely done, Any Jewelry! ~Cheryl
Yes. ~Cheryl
They are late 19th-early 20th century pearl handled jam spoons, most likely English, there wouldn't be any sort of pattern name, and without a...
Have been a fan of the White Hogan modernist pieces by Kenneth Begay and the Kee brothers since my Mom added the George Kee shaker salt spoon...
It's for cigarettes, mid century Soviet - Russian, or Bulgarian, maybe Yugoslavian... ~Cheryl
Mid 20th century West German pottery - google "Marei Keramik 9302" ~Cheryl
'Act II' was a direct sales company, offering costume jewelry in the 1970s-80s, business continued until a couple of years ago under new...
Pretty breakfast cruet/condiment set, not Art Deco, but classic octagonal Queen Anne/George I design... ~Cheryl
Looks Italian to me, typical of cast pieces made by Florentine makers like Peruzzi, Coppini, Parenti, Cellini, etc.; Peruzzi and Cini made similar...
Japanese silver can vary in fineness - .800, .900, .925, .925, .950, and 1000 fine silver... ~Cheryl
This link is to Jeff Herman's advice on silver care, he is a respected silversmith, restorer, and conservator:...
Please post some better pictures... ~Cheryl
Relios/Carolyn Pollack, stone looks like charoite... ~Cheryl
Your pics are not very clear for me, but I see no wire cloisons - looks to me like French bronze with champlevé enamel... ~Cheryl...
Would think there would be reference to Queen Elizabeth if having anything to do with her coronation. The 'shields' are the coats of arms of...
Please go back and read all of my post - the metal was an alloy of aluminum and copper, called 'gold aluminum', this information was...
It's not gold-plated, it's 'gold aluminum', an alloy of aluminum and copper - the metal was provided to Holmes & Edwards by the Waldo Foundry,...
Camp stool, still made, but yours is older - they date back to at least the late 19th century, suspect yours is probably circa 1930s-50s. They...
It's very nice, by the way. ~Cheryl
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