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Believe that's a Solinger mark: https://www.langantiques.com/university/mark/solinger-co-j/ ~Cheryl
It may not have been gilt, would have been an option available to the retailers from the manufacturer. By the early 20th century, the souvenir...
1906 advertisement (looks like yours might have originally had 'ruby' set eyes too): [ATTACH] ~Cheryl
Sorry, bit confused - not seeing any longhand marks, but if you're referring to the 'STERLING' marks, not at all true that they wouldn't be marked...
The three sterling are all souvenir spoons, the Watson/Mechanics with the Field Museum and Fort Dearborn bowl is probably the oldest, mid 1890s at...
Sorry, should have been more clear - Frederick Marquand was a trained silversmith and did produce his own pieces, but was also a retailer - spoons...
The downturned handle is typical of fiddle pattern spoons, could go into all sorts of geeky spoon stuff, but will spare you and just share this...
Below is an old pic of my little pair of Gorham 'Nuremberg' demitasse spoons (a multi-motif figural pattern), with a large entwined monogram on...
Champlevé rather than cloisonné... ~Cheryl
Hi Kiko - they're shouldered fiddles, and good possibility they're all first-half of 19th century American coin, especially if they're rather thin...
The majority of my silver references are packed away, but a variety of tooth powder containers are found in quite a few - my reprint of the 1904...
Not sure how something 2" tall would hold "a hell of a lot of tooth-powder"... This ad from 1908 doesn't show the opening, but tooth powder...
Looks like a Hooijkaas '90' gram silverplate mark to me: http://www.silvercollection.it/CONTINENTALSILVERPLATEH.html [ATTACH] ~Cheryl
Not sure why the entire teapot isn't posted, gives no idea of its overall appearance, and can only see part of what looks to be a nice finial -...
Would think this is most likely a tooth powder container, likely missing its cap - possibly from a nice travel set... ~Cheryl
Eh, those marks are just the company's trademark, certainly less 'fibs' than the electroplate pseudo-marks used British manufacturers, since the...
Cedar chests from the 1922 Sears, Roebuck catalog: [ATTACH] ~Cheryl
Schafer & Vater mark... ~Cheryl
As already said, it is Towle, and the 'lion-in-T' trademark was not in use until 1890, Towle didn't start production of hollowware until the same...
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