As already suggested, circa 1970s - not pewter, but a cast aluminum-based alloy, similar to Wilton Armetale. Might be of interest to restaurant...
Mustard ladles/spoons (usually referred to in old catalogs as 'spoons', even if ladle form) typically range from a bit under 4" to around 5½", the...
Yup - mustard ladle. ~Cheryl
Scrap dealers here are required to take ID, but suppose there are some who don't - the same ones who would take in grave markers, etc. without...
Wouldn't necessarily have any purpose other than as a decorative geometric box (shape is a truncated cube). The 'F/inkwell & pen' trademark was...
Eh, I can read 'Jimi Hendrix' quite easily, but for me, the artist's (using the term lightly) signature isn't really worth taking any time to...
Looks like some kid's drawing of Hendrix (geez, look at the hands!) - he did wear some pretty fancy stuff and often wore bell-bottoms, but I have...
Pretty berry dish, most likely dates to right around the 1894 merger with Mt. Washington under the Pairpoint name, or just a bit later, from the...
When I was a pottery student we sculpted figurines from a solid lump, after the clay set up a bit, we hollowed out the interior before firing -...
This clip is from 1889, but believe I've seen pieces with marks dating them even earlier: [ATTACH] ~Cheryl
I'm with AF here, looks like a matchbook holder to me too. To my eye, the enamel-work doesn't look quite right for Chinese - looks more European...
Was fascinated as a kid by the John Wayne movie 'The Searchers' and read Olive Oatman's story years ago, rereading it when 'Hell on Wheels'...
Heh, now I remember this being discussed before, and in that region it would be St. Hubert rather than Eustace, though their visions were similar...
Symbol of Saint Eustace, patron of hunters (and firefighters)... ~Cheryl
Definitely not the original card, they're clearly not silver - to my eye, they appear to be well-aged gilt or gold-plated brass with faint...
It's to hold the brush and/or feathers on a Tyrolean/Alpine hat. ~Cheryl
Steinbock is another Austrian enamel with similar decoration... ~Cheryl
Looks like an 'Arta' Austrian enamel dish, but they're usually marked... ~Cheryl
Yeah - that's why I didn't ID them as Storck & Sinsheimer, the other marks are so obscured, not sure they can be made out at all... ~Cheryl
Hanau silver - the 'N' appears under 'Storck & Sinsheimer on the link below, there are other marks present, though they're difficult to make...
Separate names with a comma.
