There was a wide variety of shapes in cake baskets, from flat like a plate to deep like a bowl, a good number have center wells, some raised like...
Can't recall seeing 'Bride's Basket' in period publications until a few years into the 20th century, and then they're tall flower baskets - but...
These are the Trifari earrings I was thinking of, I have fairly thick earlobes and they were more comfortable than flatter clip-backs, they fit...
I'm having a hard time with that curve on the back being practical for dress clips - believe those are 1940s-50s clip earrings, seem to remember...
Have had a number of the comic German dog figurines over the years, they often had little metal flies set on various parts of their bodies, and...
Nice pieces, Nuff - the missing pearls shouldn't be much of an issue, they're fairly easy to replace. Your crescent brooch is shown in the Newark...
Appears to be better quality than the Egyptian stuff - looks more like Murano/Venetian soffiati glass......
Not a single word, but the sturdy little knives used to open watches are often called 'snap case knives' - personally, would have guessed the band...
Maybe my eyesight is totally shot, but the plate on the monkey carving appears to read 'L.S.M 406' - assuming it refers to a naval vessel, on a...
I used to retail Victorinox knives, we always kept spare toothpicks, tweezers and pens in stock, they're inexpensive, can also be ordered from the...
Looks like Stan McBride: http://www.stanzart.com/smcbride.html ~Cheryl
Hunh, must have been a popular basic design, here's another with added bamboo decoration, yet another maker's mark:...
Here's a very similar kettle, with added dragon decoration:...
The '90' is an indicator that the silver fineness is at least 90% (900/1000) - it may well be .925 or higher though. The holes in the feet of the...
Oh yeah, and that silicone garlic peeler, takes like 3 seconds and the cloves are perfect and intact - okay, so it doesn't get much use, but it's...
Okay, will admit that in addition to my obsession with knives, scissors and other sharp instruments, also have a weakness for kitchen gadgets....
Being made of solid silver as opposed to plated is a selling feature, you would be hard pressed to find a manufacturer who wouldn't want the...
Note the description on the piece you linked says that both pieces are marked as sterling - here's another Gorham piece with pictures showing the...
Electroplating is done with fine silver, it is a different shade from sterling and other fineness silvers, which are alloys, almost always with...
Same here on the hidden treasures, Brad - that sale had some nice stuff tucked away, house in my Mom's neighborhood, gentleman and his wife had...
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