Looks Italian to me - try for a better shot of double (or triple?) struck mark at the top, and rotate so that they aren't sideways... ~Cheryl
John Gilbert. http://www.925-1000.com/silverplate_G.html ~Cheryl
Engraved spoons were sometimes given as gifts to pallbearers, a centuries old tradition, but have only run across a few funeral/mourning spoons...
The patent was issued to Edwin L. Brittin, he was plant manager and salesman at Derby silver at the time - possibility it was never a named...
It's not a chain, it's twisted wire, as Laura suggested, it's a twisted wire cloisonné piece, can see it on the sides in the picture, Chinese or...
You're most likely looking for a glass cruet or jar similar in form to those in the pics Say_it_slowly posted - should fit well in the base, and...
And not a netsuke... ~Cheryl
Theo's 'Silberpunze' site shows the mark as Ludwig Lucow, 1850: http://silberpunze.freehost.ag/beschreibung.php?id=104977 ~Cheryl
Don't have much time, but found the stands I was thinking of in an 1898 Tufts catalog, not the same in form, these have napkin rings and Tufts...
The piece in the middle is an inkwell, it and the spirit lamp are not original, doubt the dish is original either. Stopping by my house in a bit,...
You might try the shaker on the post, because I am 99% sure, as Say_it_slowly suggested, that it is a stand for salt, pepper, and oil & vinegar,...
Perhaps you might show the shaker, and give some measurements. My eyesight is failing, and I'm on my phone - but is that a visible solder-line...
That thought occurred to me to, s_i_s, but from what I could see, it looked like the milled bands on the base and the ash receiver were a match -...
Not at home to run through any references, but it's not really ringing any bells for me - do believe, as already suggested by Brad and Bakersgma,...
Geez, didn't see this in March - brought back memories of Church Street Station and my ill-spent youth, heading to Phineas Phogg's on Wednesdays,...
Not Italian, more likely Turkish, would guess mid 20th century or a bit earlier is about right - have seen a number of similarly marked pieces,...
Intended to hold a can of condensed milk, the hole was for pushing the can out, and it should have a lid... ~Cheryl
It's not Topazio, as already said, produced by another one of numerous Portuguese filigree manufacturers - does look like that might be a maker's...
The crimped rim and feet, which may represent snails or might be just a coil motif, are simply decorative elements. As Komo suggests, it was most...
'Quadruple Plate 4818' - would date to right around the 1890s... ~Cheryl
Separate names with a comma.
