Mid 20th century brass novelty corkscrew with an applied patina (chemically produced), similar items were made by a wide variety of manufacturers...
Has no American marks, maker was Daniel & Arter, the 'A1' not particularly uncommon... http://www.silvercollection.it/ENGLADANIEL&ARTER.html...
Look up "Peruvian Tumi"... ~Cheryl
Welcome, interesting pieces - not really my area, but can tell you that's not an alligator tooth, and that piece looks to me like a fish-hook,...
They're almost certainly Colombian, Rainwater's 'Spoons Around the World' shows two with similar stems and shield design, with 'Colombia' and...
Try searching for 'brass peacock kumkum box' ... ~Cheryl
I am not saying that the torchmark means anything other than 'silverplated', could be on any material, but it makes little sense to me that...
The argument regarding the material has gone on for several years with one member of the 925-1000 forums (he is mistaken about the 'jewelers...
Sorry - was interrupted and didn't notice already answered... ~Cheryl
It's Soviet - silverplate on nickel silver (melchior), manufactured by Mstera Jewellers , the '6' and '7' would be the last digits of the year...
On closer look, believe Susan has a point on the felt base - flower bowl would be an odd fit with the other items shown too... ~Cheryl
It's a flower arranging grid, some shallow flower bowls came with them, or they could be purchased separately in a wide variety of sizes - from...
They're more just frustrated by all the fakes, and sometimes will argue points amongst themselves - definitely an interesting group... ~Cheryl
Russian silver is desirable in all forms, less so in the last few years with the existence of so many fakes becoming common knowledge, have seen...
Apparently Henrik Olsen did get his Cohr page back up and I missed it, he's done further research and some points are clarified. Please note the...
I don't know Bear, I'm with you, even artistic license wouldn't make it a daisy, and it could be a poppy, but it looks a lot like a wild rose to...
That's from a site started by a Danish silver researcher, it was dedicated to Cohr in particular and he lost his homepage a couple of years ago,...
Would this be it? [ATTACH] ~Cheryl
Personally, don't comment on Russian silver other than Soviet - it's a complicated field, filled with fakes and forgeries - not suggesting that...
Can't imagine that anything would make nickel silver turn to the gold-tone of brass, but it does vary in the color from a white very close in...
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