Are those the only marks? What's the actual piece?
A crown and crescent moon were German hallmarks from the 1880s onwards, along with a milessimal fineness mark. But I don't see that here. That's...
LOOK!! :P The bobbin and shuttle for my Moldacot! Ain't they just the tiniest things ever!? :o [ATTACH]
That sounds pretty low, but yes, I suspect the lack of a box would've had something to do with it. From what I've seen, they tend to fetch about...
According to the research I've done, and the experts I've spoken to, it's not a rare-rare machine, but it is certainly rather notorious!
Now this is something totally weird. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Manufactured from 1886-1888, the Moldacot Patent...
Hahahaha!! The ones I have are all Victorian. By the end of the 1800s, the pedestal-type bell was considered old-fashioned. I don't think I've...
WHY YOUSE ALL PICKIN' ON ME FER!? [ATTACH] ...Oh, right... Hey Linda. Your bell looks early 20th century. Probably Edwardian era...
Ebonite browning is extremely common. Find any piece of antique ebonite-ANYTHING, and it will almost certainly have at least some of it. I collect...
Sampson Mordan & Co. was a manufacturer of pencils and other similar desktoppy items, usually in sterling silver, that was in business from the...
The mark is upside-down.
Not sure. They were common by the 1920s though. Given the general styling and appearance, I'd say 1920s-1930s. So 80, 90 years old.
A 'permanent match'. Basically it has a wick, and a flint, and inside the container is a whole heap of cotton wool soaked in fuel (lighter fluid...
It might be aluminium. Or possibly nickel-plated brass (that was a very common thing in the old days). Stainless steel is a relatively recent...
Not that this adds much or anything, but the 'loop' that goes through the hole in the shaft and around the user's wrist is called a lanyard.
Wish I could find stuff like that down here in Australia. Not a bloody chance. Charity shops price their stuff up to the hilt around here.
*hysterical laughter* That is EXACTLY what I thought!!! :D
Only underage in the sense that I'm below the average age of most antiques dealers and collectors.
Sorry for hijacking the thread with pointless knowledge, I guess.
For much of the 18th and 19th centuries, German silver (and Austrian silver, and a few other countries in that region) all used a LOTH system for...
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