This photo was taken in San Francisco, while my great-grandfather was stationed at Angel Island with the Marine Hospital Service. They married in...
They married in 1895 (I think). [ATTACH]
I'm thinking of seeing what it would take to replace the missing stone, or both. Of course I may just leave it alone.
It was her wedding day!
That one took a while. I'll work on the other two tonight, and some of the other items, too.
I have no reason not to believe this story. Perhaps, medically, it was merely a coincidence, but the fact remains that he was born with no fingers...
These are family pieces, so being Art Nouveau would indicate that they belonged to my great-grandmother, Augusta Sharpe Jordan (1876 - 1959). She...
I have some ring gauges somewhere. I'll measure it for size, and weigh it. It is rather tiny for a man's ring by today's standards, but maybe that...
My maternal grandfather, Carl Conard Timmons (1889 - 1953), practiced medicine in Edgefield, SC, and Augusta, GA. He graduated from the Medical...
Indeed!
I thought it might be for calling cards, as it is much too small for cigarettes. And I suspect women did smoke, but maybe not in public...
In the first photo, the color of the item on the left is silver. It shows sort of yellowish due to the lighting.
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] My sister-in-law also brought me these, both by R. Blackinton. I assume 1920's? They are both sterling, and the mesh...
I have 3 matching J.E.Caldwell & Co. Art Nouveau candle sticks. Only one is marked "J.E. Caldwell & Co." This example is 1 of the 3. Each is...
Apparently it's for stirring a pitcher of martinis!
Cursory web search brings up several sites with the same spoon, described at as "Martini Spoon" and "Sunset". I'm flabbergasted!
Allan Adler, according to Wikipedia, was "Silversmith to the Stars". Maybe that's why I've never heard of him... This spoon was among the stuff I...
I'm sort of the "last of the Mohicans". All my siblings have passed, and only one had children that survived. I have little or no contact with...
Spot on, isn't it?
At first glance, I thought Marie Antoinette, too, but I wasn't sure. Because one has hallmarks, and the other only says sterling, I assumed they...
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