Y'all are just so silly - we know that if you just search google or bing, they know all, so if the result comes up "either green onyx or Jade",...
They're thumbnails, when you hit them they expand to the photohost full images. which is a pain when viewing since you can't just scroll through...
Silverplate - please see 'Crescent' (would be easier to view if you post full images rather than thumbnails):...
Nice pieces, but sorry Bear, have to agree with AJ here - 1885, Chester 1819 should also have a leopard-head, so with the maker's mark, full set...
Looks to me like someone added mosaic tiles to an American Modern oval underplate... ~Cheryl
Hello and welcome. Marks are 'C.G.H. I:MA ALP. tower/gate' - 'Prima' quality Swedish silverplate on alpaca (nickel silver), often called Nysilver...
There are no marks at all? If so, why are you sure they're sterling rather than silverplate? ~Cheryl
Badly rubbed, but I read it as a '6', typical numeric mark indicating 6 grams of silver were used to plate the piece, as the '18' would indicate...
Didn't see this thread years ago, but would have said as sweet Susan (the late Ladybranch) and others suggested, French, but certainly...
The "little square" would be a sample, the price would be per yard of usually 54" or 60" wide fabric... ~Cheryl
Welcome to the forums. This is a late 19th century fruit/berry dish/bowl/basket - the popular 'bride's basket' name, used for silver and...
Number 4 waiter, assuming yours is 24", 1886 catalog: [ATTACH] ~Cheryl
As already said, the motif on the decorative band below the beading is a classic 'palmette' - suspect your marks might be two of the round Meriden...
The internet is filled with misinformation, and that source you reference is sort of amazing in its confidently stated nonsense regarding the use...
1962 advertisement: [ATTACH] ~Cheryl
Have very little time to look around, but here is a very different piece, and though the images are a bit unclear, the maker's mark appears to be...
Unlikely to be by the Danish firm Hans Jensen, not the type of piece they produced, nor is the mark anything I've seen on a Hans Jensen piece, and...
Hehe, exactly my thinking! Those are just the back of the motifs on the front... Ummm, there are Protestant Bishops... ~Cheryl
1914 catalog page showing special order Bishops' pectoral crosses: [ATTACH] ~Cheryl
Sorry - forgot to say, looks like a reliquary pectoral cross, probably held a bit of the true cross... ~Cheryl
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