I had a customer who would buy any ornate sterling teaspoon with a single initial and kept a stash of them to gift her friends and family when the...
Lucky you...it's a beautiful clip and with those lovely jewel tones, could be worn with almost anything. With the weight the mass of stones would...
Right about the etiquette. I couldn't find any examples of 2 tine pastry/dessert forks, but the shape of the left tine is typical of the blade...
I think this is a dessert set, rather than for shellfish. The forks would have been used for cake or pastry and the spoons for puddings or...
There is a cigarette box with the exact feet (whole fish superimposed on the dolphin head) currently for sale on eBay. Seller has Boyd Glass...
Very pretty, it seems to be milk glass. The dolphin feet may be a clue as to the maker. One of the glass companies used those feet extensively,...
I agree with evelyb30, it's a perfectly lovely piece of glass as it is. The cap appears to be threaded on the interior, so I think this may have...
Welcome Gillespie, I'm pretty new here myself, but have found "the regulars" a very hospitable group. I'm really looking forward to seeing this...
The little dish is called a bobeche, usually glass in a standard candlestick and is intended to catch wax drips. Your candlestick is quirky and...
Sorry, should have said peach quartz for flat oval beads, and perhaps ocean jasper for round beads.
These are some images you may want to google and check out:- round beads nearest clasp...picture or Picasso jasper smallest of "donut"...
I should have mentioned in the above post that as these watches in working order are very hard to find, quite often I have hung a pretty age...
You had a great day picking up these treasures. I believe the seed pearl brooch is a Victorian lapel watch pin, a watch would have have been place...
I recall these as a pretty common household item from the 1950's. They had ivory tusks as well as nails. They were often seen as a group of 3...
Thanks for the tip, gregsglass, unfortunately I don't have a window in my house that would accommodate a t-cloth that size, but for sure will try...
Thanks for sharing these photos of your lovely family treasures. The top 2 hankies are of trousseau quality. As to laundering, I hesitate to...
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