Here's the best I can get out of it ... [ATTACH]
This one, like yours, appears to have the inner areas cut away, rather than cast as...
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Mercer ... https://www.replacements.com/china-mercer-paisley/c/141765 scroll down to Mercer ... https://trentonhistory.org/Made/Marks.htm
Has a similar style to this ... http://www.360macedonia.com/en/Vinica/Vinica-Fortress/...
I'm the letter holder mindset ... https://www.rubylane.com/item/986572-19-831/Ormolu-Gilt-Brass-Letter-Holder-Novelty...
I was bitten by the antique bug about eight years of age. A great-aunt had passed and the family made several trips to clean-out her home. To me...
Nice decoration. https://urbanamericana.com/collections/outdoor-pottery/products/old-ironside-eagle-ceramic-statue I think the text in the ad is...
The AZ tag is a nice wild west touch. Very similar elements were still in use in 1943....
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I think it only natural, good and bad, mines create towns and employ entire communities.
Any phonograph related?
Brush vs. Pencil Similar only.
Now was the art board made on or before 1909?
https://www.mutualart.com/Artist/Joseph-Halford-Ross/F6A50E53981AA7EC/Signatures That R looks good.
Looks like a mining location. Odd that the name is not on it. Miner made?
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No information and poor photos. Goodwill
I had bookmarked two auction to keep my eye on. They had several bids each and with 3 days remaining ... both ended early! Nice large panoramas...
Necklace holder?
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