Nice candlesticks, Johnny - ya done good! Looks like lead weighting to me, a good stabilizer, I've also seen thick steel plates, lead is soft,...
The 'treaty countries' were those who had customs treaty agreements with other countries, primarily concerning drawbacks, the refunding of duties...
Sold leather goods, including exotics, for a decade of my life - this isn't elephant hide, that skin has a very distinctive texture which includes...
Certainly not what they used to be, and not owned by the family for decades, but Fred Harvey is still in existence, that script trademark used...
My eyesight is too poor to make out your mark, but would suggest it's likely 'W. KUHN', for Walter Kuhn of Santa Fe, NM, a replica badge maker......
My grandparents on both sides had Rhode Island Reds, and can remember the hens having fairly well developed combs and wattles, though less...
1913 souvenir of Munich, Germany (Das Münchner Kindl):...
Sorry, don't understand the question, was there implication that it's not silver? It is solid silver, 2nd standard/.833, bearing all four proper...
They're Dutch pseudo-marks and official marks, maker Hooijkaas - should be more regulation marks (a Minerva-head and a date letter), likely...
Very quick search found these: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/W_2012-6024-1...
Would suggest Persian/Iranian with some age to it, probably edging up on antique, depicting the ruins at Persepolis, personally, not seeing niello...
Just as a quick note, it's unlikely, given their shape, that these ever had glass liners, typically would have been offered gilt-lined to protect...
Other than being in desperate need of polishing, there is nothing wrong with their looks, they're quite lovely, and unlikely they ever had glass...
Date of original manufacture was 1916 - source: Tompkins' 'Handbook of Gorham Open Salt Dishes' (1987).
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The large stamps are Dutch pseudo-marks, your spoons, as well as those linked, were produced by Frisian maker Rinze Jans Spaanstra (working 1864-96).
Hi, your marks look odd because they're quite modern - since 1998 the date letter has been optional, and quality can be indicated by either the...
Absolute nonsense, Bear...:kiss: ~Cheryl
By all means, you should definitely get a more reliable opinion than mine, Russian silver is filled with fakes and forgeries, some more obvious...
Ovchinnikov, like Fabergé, was/is very commonly faked - your item is missing the necessary assayer's mark, the too small Moscow mark, with its...
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