Hemming(s)? Or Henning?
There's the rub. Probably the first research they do is check on the results for past auctions of other similar items.
When the design was registered & when a piece in that design was made are not necessarily the same. ;) I'm afraid if I type all the WOW!s...
Is it possible the B indicates date & not maker?
This came in while I was typing last message. Did you read the full description of the shelves at your link? Emphasis mine: Pair of carved...
Exactly. Their reply indicates they thought maybe you wanted to have it appraised & so gave you the minimum. Since you cannot provide...
Think it was recently pointed out in another thread that Julia going out of business.
Yes & yes. It wasn't that long ago that I too, without any experience or genuine knowledge of the workings of the big name auction houses,...
Eyes are open?
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I believe it was the British, ever serious about their silver, that set up the Egyptian assay system.
Maybe it's a friggin' cap Condition of coin is commiserate with age.
[ATTACH] There is another year typo at the E mark that I didn't mark. This is from the Egyptian government site. [Edit for search terms:...
It was intended for company, and you did not talk on the phone or watch TV when you had company; it would have been considered quite rude.
Obverse : Draped Bust of Republic with phrighian cup and olive branch, facing right; "REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE". Reverse : Armored and draped...
That was part of what I could picture: how you used to sit the phone on top of the phone directories, white & yellow. My mother did not feel that...
New girl, Flora, signed by Luigi Michelini, using a section of helmet shell taken from under a horn, which gives a high degree of curvature to the...
Hello, SoC. Afraid you've fallen in with a bunch of soft in the head about cats folks here. Think definitely meant to hold magazines, newspapers...
A Reader's Digest humorous anecdote I liked so much I have semi-remembered it lo, these many years, involves a senior British military officer at...
Metals aren't my 'thing', but yes, pewter can be quite soft & perhaps your piece has been silver plated? Hope someone who actually knows...
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