You wouldn't have had difficulty doing it with a double handled gizmo like this? That's the confounding feature.
Absolutely. At least half the things I've 'discovered' I found when I was looking for something else. You just never know what will turn out to...
Well, sounds good for the name you're following. I have a possibility for the signature with a jewellery shop in Oakland, CA that opened during...
I was getting there. Would you believe the non-Iowa side of my family was from that same part of Michigan?
At the risk of being PinC, only in Japan. Probably the correct answer, though.
I don't even know what quadrant that's in. My mother had a cousin in Buffalo Center; I've been there.
'Cause bluumz is catering to my obsessions via PM & wanted to show her why I think it's a dormouse & not a marmot or a squirrel. [ATTACH] Isn't...
My mother was from Iowa, so have done time there, visiting grandparents. Where in Iowa?
Perish the thought. Pleeease!
I have read much that got written about the imagery & symbolism & never once did anyone I found think of a dormouse. They all cribbed off each...
I certainly never expected to see it on the back of a piece of jewellery, in English.
What part of the country?
In my far from infallible judgement, yes.
It's not in a setting, so not as many clues to age as there might be. Condition a bit shaky; execution extremely good, so, maybe 1870 - 1890?...
@bluumz Of dormice & men: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Most cameo versions do not pick up this detail.
I'd think that was correct, or close to, if not for the New Age-y imagery. Just plain weird.
Seller is in Washington State.
As the King of Siam said to Anna, It's a puzzlement. :) I can see how I would hold it in quite a natural way, with 2 middle finger inside the...
I just can't see anything but 'Otto' for the first word. See potential for first letter of second word to be 'G'. What industry that would...
Wonder if it's the name of the shop proprietor & not a generic industry name. What's the code for working on own account? O?
Separate names with a comma.