Can't really add to what s_i_s found, if Jewel Stern says 'circa 1959', then that would be the case - her 'Modernism in American Silver' is great...
They were a promotional item (our local Lane dealer had stacks of them): https://www.lanecedarbox.com/copy-of-collectors-corner-1 1968...
Despite some folks insisting that silver open salts must have glass liners or gilt interiors, period catalogs show that was not always the case...
Personally, would guess this is from India, unlikely to be any earlier than mid 20th century - if so, solid silver of fairly high fineness is...
I posted this excerpt after an exhaustive day, my sleep interupted by what sounded like a sonic boom, only to hear several others, checking...
Dansk has always been an American company, founded in 1954 by Martha and Ted Nierenberg with Danish designer Jens Quistgaard - over the years they...
From an 1884 book: [ATTACH]...
Sue, there are so many patterns, so many mark variations! Years ago, you told me I needed the 2nd edition of Davis & Diebel, so I ditched my...
Knew you would, nobody knows silverplate patterns like you do! ~Cheryl
'ONEIDA LTD.' ~Cheryl
Your friend's Malinois would be unusual, the Belgian Shepherds are typically a bit leaner in both body and head than German Shepherds: [ATTACH]...
I'd think it's supposed to be a GSD as well... My brother's GSD/Malinois mix on the right, at left, the young Malinois he gave our cousin - she...
Have a half-dozen or so bone stilettos in my sewing box - very useful items. Will suggest that Aquitaine's suggestion of a Stanhope in the...
These can be a bit difficult to date because Italian souvenir spoons of this type, whether fully cast like these, or just the handles cast, were...
Brings up memories of high school days in the mid '70s - Reefer Madness and Fritz the Cat double-billed at our local drive-in, cooler full of...
That offset or stepped joint between the bowl and stem is found on ancient cochlear spoons, which have a pointed stem, and on the larger ligula...
It is sweet piece, damaged or not, wish I knew that mark (just noticed the enamel looks black in my crummy pic - it is green)... ~Cheryl
Love the butterfly - I actually had one like this on my watch list a couple of years ago, but went for more than I was willing to give. It's...
It says, "FULL Jewelled", with a little flourish at the end... ~Cheryl
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