Pretty sure this is 1910s-20s powder compact, intended to hang as a pendant or from a finger ring- the mirrors were often set in with a pressure...
Can remember folks at kiosks in malls making them too, as well as at the Arribas Bros. shop at Disney, but have seen tons of them with 'Made in...
Poked around a bit, but didn't find any others like yours, even using more appropriate descriptions like 'ewer', 'pitcher' or 'jug', and including...
Not sure why the re-mark sometimes appears on Polish silver of this era when no older or foreign marks are present, have seen it questioned before...
1963-86 Polish .800 silver, what I'd expect to see on Baltic amber - have seen siver-mounted teacups, etc. before... ~Cheryl
I keep my garage door closed, since most of my stock and packing supplies are in there, but at my last sale, a woman pulled up after the signs...
Hated petticoats too - scratchy and hard to sit in! Crinoline is a fabric - crin or horsehair is more like a braid, was originally made with...
Heh - didn't mean to imply that it was 'horsehair', it's just sometimes called that rather than 'crin'. ~Cheryl
I've had quite a bit of mid 20th century German jewelry made of aluminum, usually with a pale gold anodized finish. The first necklace looks...
Birks bought Gorham's Canadian division in 1907, so it may well be a Gorham design. As mentioned, similar dishes might appear in other catalogs...
Individual nut dishes were generally just a bit smaller (and wouldn't have had a spoon), though it sometimes depended on whatever the...
Bon-bon dish and spoon. ~Cheryl
They look German, from the Erzgebirge region... ~Cheryl
Believe the suggestion of taking it to a Tiffany store is a good one, they won't clean or repair any counterfeit pieces... As already mentioned,...
Nice piece, looks to me like Amazonite, have seen it in Brazilian figas, but right off hand, can't recall seeing it used in Italian mano ficas......
Ditto. ~Cheryl
It is a nice looking piece - with that volcanic glaze and the large numbering, agree with the others on German. Can be difficult to ID when the...
My eyes are pretty bad anymore, but I see guilloche engraving under the enamel - the pattern radiating from under the birds. It's a lovely little...
Perhaps Walter will check in, but I'd guess mid 20th century Italian Bitossi pottery......
I was a weird kid who hung out in Scandinavian design stores in the '60s and '70s (and later too, but no longer a kid) - similar illustration-like...
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