St. George is on the Moscow coat of arms... [IMG] ~Cheryl
Sorry, looked through the two main open salt reference books - lots of European doubles, the majority French, but didn't find this one... ~Cheryl
Nice piece, KSW - the more I look at it, the more I like it! ~Cheryl
I did look - do you mean the Seethaler thread, with the silver gilt pieces? (Got a bit excited, gold flatware is very unusual...) ~Cheryl
Can check in a couple of salt books later to see if shown, but most likely European, French a very good possibility... ~Cheryl
Nice! Especially the portrait bowl... Gold flatware? ~Cheryl
I had one similar with a dragonfly, similar mark as well (sadly lost at an outdoor gathering) - it was Chinese, purchased new from some mail...
No big fan of caviar myself, probably because I'm not much for salt - but have consumed quite a bit since I do love crème fraîche and sour...
Ughhh, 10-12 per inch - I was a skilled seamstress, but even at my best, even though my stitching was extremely even, when quilting, never really...
Great information (should have noticed the pellets between the numbers) - adding site to my bookmarks... ~Cheryl
The lancet style handle is typically 19th century, usually first half, the 'S' under the Augsburg pine cone mark, as said in Marie's citation from...
Ummm, was just showing some more versions of similar bracelets. The collection was built by Virginia Doneghy from the late 1930s into the '70s,...
Raw oysters was one of the few things my Mom wouldn't eat and I don't either, though, of course being a Floridian, have had the obligatory drunken...
Eh, those Ruby Lane 'Real or Repro' pages aren't always quite right, and certainly not comprehensive (the author couldn't find an example for the...
No help on the maker, but here are some images from the Doneghy Collection at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] ~Cheryl
So don't want be negative here, but don't believe it can be avoided - while not unattractive from a distance, it really is poorly made, and may be...
To my eye, with the extended 'antenna' handle, and the starburst motif, it looks mid 20th century, very much 'atomic', 'space-age', 'Sputnik',...
Images are fuzzy, but looks like Gorham's multi-motif 'Poppy' pattern, introduced in 1902 - knowing the pattern is useful in determining value......
Could certainly be used for any purpose desired, but it is a bread fork - that form is usually British silverplate, dating to the late 19th-early...
If mine, would be hanging on the Christmas tree, filled with candy, flowers, or fake fruit, maybe some ribbon... ~Cheryl
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