A To the Trade dealer no doubt. The minute I see housewares or decorating items priced To The Trade in a design magazine I think "they mean no...
A tourist piece doubtless, made for some dumb tourist who'd like dumb tourist art.(LOL) No point in wasting the good stuff on that lot.
The sterling mark is legit, and Tiffany did have some silver made in Italy, but?????
That's what I was thinking too. There are other candidates, but there are probably more. Microcline, the technicla name, comes in blues and...
It looks like a takeoff on Mexican jewelry design, but I don't think it's Mexican. Might be real silver, although I'm skeptical, so testing is in...
Walter was for sure!
It's harder to test for amber; it looks and feels like plastic most of the time, and doesn't always pass the home tests for amber even when it's...
Navajo jewelery was meant for older folks - when's the last time you saw a young Native gentleman in a pile of good silver? Never. Those were...
They weren't looking apparently, or the right ones weren't. I wouldn't have known what to do with them if I had them. Seems like someone...
Score! Plumb gold was only a "thing" for a little while. Those of us who know can clean up sometimes. (just don't get fooled by the HGE pieces)
Pulling that cuff off takes experience. It doesn't look right on a kid.
Now that's a good deal. Two bucks, stuck it to the Ill Will AND the wife wants to keep it.
That bunch didn't need phones and a metaverse to get an adrenalin rush. Survival did that job all on its own. American kids didn't know how good...
Not my collecting area but ohm'gosh I think you scored! It says L.C.T. Favrile on the bottom. No idea if it's a real siggie, and complicating...
Individual serving? Purely ornamental?
Nothing I ever wanted to see, and I do mean ever. My idea of a dungeonmaster involves 12-sided dice!
I think this is dated 1988, which gibes with the design. (i.e. wild) I think for a few bucks you scored.
There should be a line around the rim, or a design. Its blank, unfinished. It looks OK but it's not what it's supposed to look like.
Unless he was into kids or animals. (ewwww)
The shape. The way the design just ends. It's missing a lid.
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