Eh, to my eye, looks made to resemble a centuries old fede ring... ~Cheryl
Yup, nothing more romantic than a blood-purifying 'Magneto-Galvanic Medal-Battery', complete with those warm and meaningful patent and...
'Mid-Century', but not 'Modern'... ~Cheryl
Dutch, 1953+: https://www.925-1000.com/Fnetherlands_Date_Code.html ~Cheryl
PAT. (patented) IN U.S. FEB. 3, 1880, RD (registered) IN CANADA FEB. 9, 1881....
It's a Richardson's 'battery', usually sold as a token: [ATTACH] ~Cheryl
Your pics show some small areas with peeling/chipped yellowed lacquer revealing silver, needs to be removed, I usually have success with 100%...
Find this so interesting - I've had terrible sinus headaches for most of my life, but years ago, in my mid-twenties, while driving down the...
Personally, not usually a huge fan of Hanau historismus pieces (bearing proper marks, yours are most likely 20th century), but these are very nice...
Appears to be someone else's version of a sunbonnet girl with balloon, seemingly inspired by Holly Hobbie... ~Cheryl
I'm finding it a bit difficult to figure out what you're wanting here - if it's just concerning marks, they will vary from place to place, and...
Here's a 1920 article that shows different styles of shades: [ATTACH] ~Cheryl
My Mom collected silver deposit (usually called silver overlay now) for years, she would have loved this piece. Personally, also believe it...
Might try using Phil's site, Davey - he updates pretty regularly (the dates he shows for the marks are on those he's seen):...
For a bit of clarity, pounce and sand are not the same, pounce was used to prepare vellum or parchment for ink as well as to blot, and fine sand...
Bit confused - I'm only seeing Schleissner & Söhne's 'sickle' mark, just oriented differently... They're salt and pepper shakers - below is a...
Mom, like me, kept her stray spoons in an EAPG spooner (the pens on her desk also in a spooner) - the one on the left, with a swan, was hers (she...
Good job, Komo! Mom knew what it was, but I found it stuffed in the back of her liquor cabinet, tarnished and filled with glass swizzle sticks....
No one has it yet - should add that the wooden base is not always a feature of these items, actually most are made entirely of one material......
Have been sorting and packing up my Mom's stuff and found this piece I'd given her decades ago (she loved pierced work) - early 20th century, made...
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