Eh, I've given up on trying to explain the difference between 'overlay' and 'deposit', 'silver overlay' seems to have become the generic term for...
Sealyham Terriers - Hubley, perhaps... ~Cheryl
Extremely unusual circa 1900 parcel gilt .800 silver spoon with plique-a-jour dragonfly - no maker's mark visible, but has been firmly attributed...
This thread was started almost a year ago, suspect the items are long gone... ~Cheryl
Can't really see anything 'factory' about this item other than the origin of the stamps used. Have little doubt that it's hand-done, though in...
Actually, not sure I've run across 'Italy' on solid silver flatware... Up until 1934, wouldn't be unusual to just see an '800' on Italian silver...
Probably just a coincidence that "Av. Juarez Y Luis Moya" is an intersection in Mexico City's historic district, with Avenida Juarez noted as an...
I see stamps from a commercial set, to my eye nothing like the hand-cut stamps used on Navajo silver (suppose the later silversmiths might use...
Personally, am getting a vision of a 1960s-70s hippie, named something like Mark, Mork, or Monk, doing art shows, flea markets, and Grateful Dead...
Eh, these are truly awful quick cell phone shots, been intending to get some really good pics, because the maker's/retailer's mark is obscured by...
She's a favorite of mine, including as Ann-Margrock on the Flintstones... [MEDIA]...
Maybe it's 'Plateria Santiago' at Avenida Juarez and Luis Moya in Mexico City, with perhaps a very poorly struck 1960s-70s 'Eagle' mark to upper...
Italy is known for deceptive marks on silver flatware and holloware, they've been better regulated for at least 15-20 years now, but there's a lot...
Pictures are a bit unclear, but it looks to me like Chinese glass, they made various animals, in several jade-like colors, usually marketed as...
Hey, that's no random redhead - that's Ann-Margret, a great all-round talent, and still quite beautiful at 75 (don't hate her, she's not really a...
Might also mention that I have a late 19th-early 20th century Japanese spoon with a similar little applied butterfly on the stem... ~Cheryl
Always good to know that my memory isn't completely shot - the salt is shown in Jzyk & Robertson's Open Salt Compendium (2002), page 131, plate...
Still not where I can check my references on salts or Asian silver, but can't shake a feeling of familiarity on these (may have just been that...
Not where I can check any references at the moment, but having the same number of same size holes would lean me toward pepperettes missing their...
Gila - the stone you've shown is Rainforest Rhyolite, sometimes called Rainforest Jasper... ~Cheryl
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