Following up on Quirkygirl's post - first use by Danbury Mint (MBI, Inc.) on jewelry in 1987: [ATTACH] ~Cheryl
Started collecting buttons in the mid '70s (haven't been active for several years), but don't recall the 'peasant button' term in common use among...
Maisels Trading Post. ~Cheryl
Ummm, last I checked, 1stDibs charged around $500. a month and they had a vetting process... ~Cheryl
As a silver collector who also dealt heavily in silver (and has also scrapped silver at times), I continue to find it odd that so many are so...
Hi - welcome to the forums. Looks more like pewter than silver to me, the mark looks like a simplified Danish royal crown, it has typical Danish...
Can't quite make out the initials and symbol(s) in the lozenge-shaped maker's mark, but if you are referring to the silversmith Paul de Lamerie,...
I'm only seeing 'STERLING', is there another mark? ~Cheryl
Eh, believe that seller decided they're German 800 silver because of the pseudo-marks - seems much more likely to me that they're 19th century...
Makes perfect sense to me, misinformation spreads so easily online, I often question firm attributions - some are clearly unlikely or just wrong,...
Didn't see a problem with the Stevens & Williams attribution, but you'd know the glass better than I - do you think it's not S&W? Could just be a...
I'd think they're probably earlier, more like early to mid 19th century, possibly even late 18th... ~Cheryl
Gran had good taste, and beautiful deep blue color! I also have a weakness for sapphires and emeralds (my birthstone) - this was one of my first...
Looks there's still quite a bit of the gilding present, and will probably look good with just a bit of gentle cleaning. There is a very good...
Welcome, Sam! It's an oddity, isn't it? Your tool chest is beautiful - one of those pieces that just pleases the eye, and makes one wish they...
While some styles of filigree are distinctive to certain origins, it can be problematic in that the same techniques were used in various countries...
9K is unlikely to be American, would think probably of Chinese manufacture... ~Cheryl
It might be in the Gorham archives at the Brown University library - Sam Hough, who spent years organizing the salvaged archives, used to search...
It is a lovely thing, even nicer to have an Australian stone. Here is the ring I mentioned, with nine natural Montana sapphires - bit beat up...
No other marks? By the style of the Gorham trademark, it would date after 1898 when the company made considerable changes in their marks - it's a...
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