Oh geez, pretty sure I know what's up with the disappearing pics, should be able to fix shortly! ~Cheryl Dammit - too late to edit, will repost...
Thanks, guys! Glad y'all enjoyed seeing them... I love him too, makes me smile - and would be thrilled to find a mangle board comparable to...
Gotta respect a spoon that firmly states its use, I've seen the old Breyer's promotional spoons before, but can't recall ever seeing this piece,...
A 1799 Danish fish server (fiskespade) with slight damage, but an interesting allegorical engraving, the broken column/pillar usually associated...
Been quite a while since I've posted a spoon thread, so thought I'd show an assortment: My Christmas present to myself last year, new addition...
Advertisement and article excerpt showing bags along similar lines, both from 1935: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] ~Cheryl
Here is a clutch in a similar shape and fabric, the cabochons similarly set, stamped 'MADE IN FRANCE' on the pocket (not seeing 'Art Deco'):...
Sweet, nice quality piece, my initial impression is circa 1930s (give or take a few years either way) and all original, the brocade looks right...
Agreed - I have some nice Nordic silverplate as well, in my Viking-themed souvenir spoons, some great designs were only produced in plate (did...
*sigh* Have quite a bit of info on Nordic silverplate somewhere - suspect it's on an external hard-drive that must've gotten tucked into a...
Hehe, file marks or gouges, and acid marks are among my pet peeves as well. Years ago, at an antiques fair, saw a guy with a bottle, dropping...
Thinking Komoi might collect these...
Looks like an Akan/Ashanti gold weight, mounted on a wooden base. ~Cheryl
Nice - based on the 1912 Frank Lloyd Wright 'Coonley Playhouse' windows:...
Sorry, Kate - testing isn't always accurate, but they are very nice. The 'AUH' mark indicates it's 'New Silver' (nickel silver, usually...
The African souvenir spoons below, two with lions, two with naturalistic stems (which wouldn't be specific to any particular country), are from...
It's not the winged Lion of St. Mark, and believe it's unlikly to be Italian - sorry if I was unclear in my other post. ~Cheryl
Haven't seen this cast spoon before, but if Italian, the finial would be the Venetian Lion of St. Mark (*edit* which this is clearly not). Other...
Sorry, no way to tell more than they're mid 20th century or later and what's stated on the back - don't know where you're located, but similar was...
If the OP read my first post, suppose the above was badly phrased, the Italian origin I was guessing at was for the box, which would make the...
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