This piece shows watch case marks of the Ellington Watch Co. (C.H.E), registered at other assay offices, but this appears to be Birmingham - looks...
Sorry, still don't have much time, would guess the clear rose cut stones are jargoons, good quality zircons (as you already suggested) -...
Just stopped in for quick visit - might consider jargoons... Image search for "rose cut jargoon silver brooch":...
It's hotelware, the manufacturers, including Pairpoint, used sturdy nickel silver base with heavy plating and silver-soldered joints - the...
The lovely Andra Day at last night's Oscars, in Vera Wang gown of metal mesh, almost certainly provided by the venerable Whiting & Davis, and...
pooch Presh is pretty observant Hehe, if Tali-cat had been in the room, he'd have told me where it went, even pooch Presh is pretty observant,...
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[ATTACH] Marks on a Chester 1890 silver watch-case, most likely by John Hammon: [ATTACH]...
What troubles me is that the marks are not stamped in a hub (all in a row), nor is the maker's mark in a cartouche - makes me wonder if old scrap...
Oh Kyra, that's a great piece! The random marks at the top are assay-scrapes (diets), I have no idea why there would be so many, or why what...
Unfortunately, the majority of pieces described by sellers as 'silver pounce pots' are shakers - here are some typical pounce pots/sanders, dating...
Nice - if you don't already know, the pattern is "Haga' (duh), the Stockholm makers, J.L. Hultman and Skandia merged in 1957, a few years after...
This blog post on "Paper, Ink, Sand, Pounce", is interesting, with the author doing some experimental research:...
Heh, my first Siamese was Mai Hai Thai, named for her intense interest in our teenage herbal high-jinks... ~Cheryl
It's a really sweet piece, and would certainly serve well as a pounce pot or sander, but believe it's more likely a shaker - the well on pounce...
Looks to me like all the canes were faces, some quite distorted when the beads were worked... ~Cheryl
Been gathering cedar boxes since I was a kid - have quite a few old ads from various sources in my files, that one was found in Billboard... ~Cheryl
https://www.earthlyadornments.com/products/vintage-india-millefiori-face-beads-circa-1980-avg-size-15mm-sold-individually-b1-739-e [ATTACH]...
Interesting - just some thoughts: Since we can't see the box, is it something that might have been obtained on the route of a merchant ship? If...
1942 wholesaler's ad: [ATTACH] ~Cheryl
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