I'm sorry to say that in old book terms that is not all that old. It would really need to be almost 100 years older to commmand a half decent price.
I think more and better pictures including close ups will be called for. Can you see the back.
What is the item. The most common item from that period is the open salt cellar.
For a moment there I thought you had bought Herring's original. Well, who knows how rich our members are?
London 18th C. You should be able to find the capital H date letter on 925.com
See if you can get him to put you in his will. Then kill him.
Generic Swiss key wind and set barred lever movement, with a club-foot escapement, late 1800s. Made by some men in a Swiss shed who produced...
Clocks seen to be unfashionable in the UK as well. Prices are half what they were 30 years ago. Antiques do not always get more expensive with...
Most people do not. There are also chiming clocks where the quarts are also struck on 4 or more notes. A two note quarter is either a ting-tang or...
The more correct term is a drop-dial clock, or in this case a timepiece as it does not strike. Fairly common, but I have no idea what the US...
If it is silver the handle would be more likely to be ivory.
They appear to be 19th C Gothic in style, but the condition looks poor at least in some places, and with the decline of the churches, more are...
The doztted lines show areas captured between certain dates in a campaign
The OP is in Latvia.
Looks like a fairly typical late 19th C cast brass small picture frame.
I suspect it has lost a thin leather covering from the largest tube that would have been flush with the two bands. Makers details if any are...
The existence of print on demand copies ensures no one will buy the book for the contents if it costs any more. It is likely that buyers for this...
It looks a bit like Bamburgh Castle in Northumberland.
Kot's example is a clock, it strikes on a gong.
Because there is a problem with the escapement, possibly one pallet jewel dropped out. The empty screw hole in the base is where a long screw held...
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