It's a bit largish for a miniature, though scale varies widely - doesn't mean anything, but ran through my two books on silver miniatures and...
The 'D' and the 'MC'/'MG' are Dutch pseudo-marks used by Rinze Jans Spaanstra, the official lion-passant looks like it probably has a '2'...
20th century rather than 19th, no size mentioned, but would think a sugar shovel......
Not that it has anything to do with this pendant, which is an original item produced by Wallace silversmiths (with that particular trademark not...
Not that pendants, the ubiquitous rings, and other jewelry wasn't/isn't made from flatware, but Wallace produced these flatware pattern pendants...
Eh, squished bottom-marked spoon hallmarks can be aggravating, and this one looks like it's an overstrike as well - suspect this is your maker:...
On the subject of funny noises and names - I have a couple of Wade gluggle jugs packed away somewhere... [ATTACH] https://wadeceramicsusa.com/...
Tagua, corozo, coquilla, vegetable ivory, are all the same - the natural color can range from cream to a medium brown, depending on processing,...
What - you've never watched Star Trek and scoped out the bottles, etc.? http://www.quarksbarb.com/details/bottles.html [ATTACH] Though I like...
Was poking around researching my French silver brooch set with glass and ran across this piece, not the first I've seen with similar design - it...
Those are very nice, and a great buy. The round cold-painted is marked as Czech, and the horseshoe motif would also be Czech, both 1920s-'30s -...
The patent for the frame on the beaded bag is 423994, issued to August Goertz of Newark, NJ - here's a biography:...
Unusual to see a silver mount, found a couple from Danish makers that had a band under the typical extended lip, but this one seems even more...
Bakersgma - sorry you came back to such an unpleasant thread, but you handled it well! Eh, one never knows - last person to pronounce me as...
Still believe it is not a genuine Belgian import mark, new pic shows significant differences: [ATTACH] Is this another mark?: [ATTACH] ~Cheryl
Please see #30 on this page: http://www.silvercollection.it/SILVERSMITHSPD.html ~Cheryl
Sorry, placing it over the large mark text was the easiest way to put the OP's mark next to that mark, should have noted it. It would be helpful...
Aside from the dating issues, it has the appearance of a Hanau piece, and even if the Belgian import mark was right (doubtful, to my eye), the...
I've had one like Nate's for decades, likely made by Webster, of actual silver overlay rather than silver-deposit - have sold several others over...
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