I think it's sterling...but 'tho I've looked carefully, both within & without, no mark has been found. It may be plated, 'tho the points of wear...
The high craft evident in this chair is, for me, simply stunning. Every detail shows profound understanding of methods, materials and tools, and...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] It's about 4 1/8" high with lid, an' 3 1/2" wide. It looks new, or recent at least;...
Purl is a word used with this type of thread, but there are differentiations based on the support fiber, and on the cross-section of the wrapping...
Merry Christmas, and other seasonally appropriate greetings, to every one of you! I've been so very fortunate to have stumbled on this site, and...
The last pic poorly shows the applied rim. The image was worked from the face; my initial impression was of Mexican origin, but I am much less...
I can't make the signature...close, but no cigar. The paper is 4 x 9 1/2 inches. The lady's elongated form is badly out of proportion; the detail...
This is a man-sized utensil; ~8 1/2" long, 2 3/8" tines, 1" wide at the base of the tines, and at the widest part of the handle; it weighs 74.2...
~41mm diameter, 23.5 grams; the black background in these pics is actually a proof-like, mirror-finish; it's rim-marked at the bottom "FEINSILBER...
It's 2 1/8" diameter, the ring is ~1/2" diameter, weight is 34 grams. It looks to be cast bronze, but that is perhaps wrong; it may have been...
An antique mall discovery in the late 90's. Some of the inscription is a bit illegible; those words are underlined here: To Lady K. from Capt....
I bought this in Seattle, 1973...it was apparently intact. About 3 years later, while moving it, the leg was broken at the solder joint; it was...
~65mm, 74gm...3 dragons. I have spent 10 minutes or so trying (with little success) to align the holes in the layers so an accurate count of them...
~260 gram, ~70mm od, ~61mm id, ~70mm height. The bottom is dead-flat, and I can find no marks. The 2nd and last image are LED backlit, the 3rd is...
Please note the grecian key border, which surrounds the rim. ~92 grams, 4" long, 1 1/2" high at the pouring lip, 1 7/8" wide; the bore of the grip...
W-R.CO. STERLING 588 10 1/4" high, 2" cup diameter, 3 1/4" foot diameter, 5.36 ozt; unweighted, I believe. I have spent most of an hour scouring...
It's about 8" long; the almost-round upper end is ~2 1/2" diameter. The widest part of the hook is ~1 3/4" X ~1 1/4". It is forged steel, of...
Sorry for the crummy pics. It's about 24" X 17"; the copper is, perhaps, ~.020" thickness. There are quite a few double Fleur-de-Lis around the...
This, and its now-lost saucer, were a gift to the recently departed on her 75th birthday, from me; October 4, 1976. I found the cup among her...
This vase is almost 13" tall, and almost 5" in diameter at the base. The mark in pic 7 seems familiar, but somehow isn't...the numbers in pic 8...
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