I do have a powerful REM. I got it for testing metal long ago and haven’t actually used it in years. I’d fear this was copper based if not silver...
I did get a translation on the marks. I just don’t necessarily trust them. One is “pure silver”. That’s not an unusual mark for an Asian silver...
I’ve considered trying campgrounds. How do y’all make out? I abhor expending effort to dig up loads of modern trash. For this reason I typically...
Found this little Chinese box at a yard sale the other day. Probably too good to be true. One mark does indicate silver. I’d bet they currently...
Thanks, I’ve been striking out lately. This is one of the only keepers I’ve come up with this spring. No value, but an interesting example. I love...
It’s the size of an American dime or so. Toothpick for scale. edit: looking back at my photos this toothpick type looks a lot like a pencil if...
I guess it would be hard to pass a thread back and forth. I just assumed it worked like a standard two hole button, but again I’m no seamstress....
Could be yeh. I had a nice sterling one. It was missing the handle unfortunately. It was at least a fairly popular pattern so I’m sure the buyer...
Maybe the raised bar isn’t high enough though? [ATTACH]
I think they might be handles for vegetable dishes. They have removable handles that lock in with a similar tab system. Edit: spelling
Is that a pine sapling?
Could be 18th. Looks more later 19th or even 20th to me but that’s just a stab. Colors seem slightly off to me for 18th. The brown dressed rim is...
I love your painting Bosko! Great find! I love that part of the country too. You are lucky to call it home.
Very neat stone! It truly looks like a landscape painting. Jasper makers total sense now that I’ve heard it.
I’ve never sewn a button on. The two holes and space below aren’t adequate?
I broke one side of the cross bar off when cleaning the dirt out from under it. At first I also wondered if it was meant to come up, but I’m 99%...
Sounds appropriate!!!
Was detecting near a 19th century private road and this popped up. I had never seen a a button back like this with the cross bar. I’m guessing...
Saw this for sale just now. I couldn’t figure out what I was looking at for a moment. I thought it was a miniature painting of a desert landscape...
I saw a source say the firm was in business 1906-1922. They made some higher end jewelry in addition to this lower end production.
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