They bear official Italian marks indicating 800/1000 silver as marked - they would not bear that mark if silverplated (and again, 'Argenta' is...
'Argento', or 'Argenta' as on these pieces means 'Silver', 'Argentato' would indicate silverplate. The small mark on the left, as Bakersgma...
Eh - just junk, will gladly take it off your hands and dispose of it properly (seriously, bit of spoon envy here). Although ball knop spoons were...
Georgian silver sugar tongs were typically from 5" to 6" long, sugar bowls and baskets were rather large back then (and ice tongs wouldn't really...
Autumn was the pattern I picked out as 'my' china pattern when still a teenager, and then in my mid-twenties acquired a rather large service for...
Might consider it's a faturan carving rather than bakelite... ~Cheryl
Finnish silverplate, the 'UH' is for 'Uusi Hopea' (New Silver), the 'Ho/y' mark was used 1920s-'60s by two makers, Hopeatehdas Oy in Helsinki and...
Figured that was the case - gave me a chuckle! Thanks, AJ - considering your own reliability, high praise! ~Cheryl
Keywords are important - believe more people would search for 'brandy warmer' than 'pipkin' - personally would use both, and depending on the...
As a note, the piece in that link isn't a brandy warmer, it's a weird side-handled mid 20th century version of a Jersey or Guernsey milk jug,...
Heh, that 'someone' is usually fairly reliable... WWII shut down the supply of silver from Denmark - bit short on time, so rather than go into...
Heh, I was in a hurry when I first posted and realized that I hadn't really explained my opinion (other than in my own head). My memory is not...
Of course other countries have some of the same lucky symbols, and Germany has others than shown on the link (including the number '13'). To...
German good-luck symbols: https://www.stuttgartcitizen.com/lifestyle/glucksbringer-good-luck-symbols-in-germany/ ~Cheryl
Everything about it, including the lucky pig, horseshoe and 4-leaf clover, points to Germany - might be Schafer & Vater, but there were also other...
Scottish horn spoon missing its silver mount at the top of the handle - would have a ball or thistle at the tip, occasionally a whistle, or even a...
Eastlake settee - the asymmetrical form giving ladies plenty of space for voluminous skirts... ~Cheryl
Though two horns are much more common, pretty sure that's a gong stand - the gong would hang from the two rings at top, the striker resting in the...
Sorry, no luck... ~Cheryl
My Mom purchased a black one for a black & white ball in '80s, can't really see it in the pic below, but she wore it again in '95 when we attended...
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