Yours is the earlier version, and possibly rarer. Manufacturers stopped claiming things were waterproof and switched to water resistant possibly...
It appears to be an imitation of a 15th C.seal top spoon, so no pattern name, just a historical reprodction. Possibly from some 'Spoons through...
It appears to have been used as a watch fob, as could be anything from a mounted rabbit foot to a lucky musket ball (the one that just misssed...
Waring and Gillow are very highly regarded English furniture makers. Their stuff will sell at a premium when other brown furniture will not sell...
That is what I need for the hundreds of copper percussion caps I have here somewhere. The original percusion caps were so called becaue they...
A mantle is a type of shawl worn round the shoulders. What you have are mantels. The key words for these are 'architectural salvage' and the...
Beats me but my first reaction was to laugh at it. The design appeared 'gawky' and the legs mis proportioned. I do have an odd sense of humour.
US based collectors are mad about errors, possibly because the more recent coins are so boring, but if there is a box of them it may be a very...
My impression is that men used the leather bands containing womens size watches. It was simply practical. It was a period when what had been the...
Glass backs are nothing new. Human vanity and pride of posession are not new either. I have seen many glass backs, always on superior quality or...
I have never seen a lever set RR watch with a pop off bezel, but I have by no means seen everything. Lever set was mandatory, stem set watches...
Wrist watches were a new thing around 1900-1910 and wrist straps designed to hold small pocket watches were a fairly common adaptation, as were...
The design of the watch, obviously Swiss, is typical of a lady's watch, just not as much smaller than a man's watch than is usual
The back should hvve a milled edge to engage with the opening tool, The crown looks as if it is not screwed down. Push in and turn in a 'winding...
I'd call it a solar topee. Pith helmet is a bit infra dig and also open to misinterpretation if you are a bit mutt'n'jeff.
I an pretty sure it is a normal trug converted a long time ago to a rustic sewing basket. Butler's trays with stands are not uncommon.Typically,...
I agree it is about 1900.You might be able to find a model name from an old catalogue or a reference book but it is really immaterial, as far as I...
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