If there is no hole in the floor of the mirrored section, then it would have originally had a plastic ballerina that moved around magnetically......
It would have been mass produced, pics aren't clear enough on my phone for me to tell, but the flowers may have been hand painted on the lacquer...
Heh, must have been retailed by Montgomery Ward - seem to recall that trademark as circa 1960s... ~Cheryl
True, they may have been offered as a dessert set as well, though they often had slender blunt-end blades, but it wouldn't be for fish... ~Cheryl
Sorry if you meant the difference between fruit and fish set, the slender blades and small working ends of the forks indicate a fruit set... ~Cheryl
Close-ups would help in the material as well as reading the marks (both materials would have been used for decades) would have been used for, and...
That's a fruit set rather than fish - could be ivory, but suspect it may be celluloid (Xylonite, or sometimes Parkesine) in old British...
From the 1886 Meriden Britannia catalog: [ATTACH] ~Cheryl
The enamel oranges souvenir spoon is by Shepard... ~Cheryl
Polish, and fairly recent: http://www.silvercollection.it/DICTIONARYEUHALLMARKPOLAND.HTML ~Cheryl
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] ~Cheryl
Though a bit unclear, it's marked as a 'PREPARED CANVAS', and pre-primed canvases were available from suppliers decades before the 1890+ dating...
'REEVES & SONS' ~Cheryl
Bet it was the same guy - he had some special way of telling which ones were 'real', and there was a wacky story involved too... ~Cheryl
Heh, wish I didn't - bad enough that it's in my head, but even worse to only remember part... ~Cheryl
The cowry shells were acid-etched rather than carved... ~Cheryl
Darn - was hoping you'd have a better memory for the details. Can remember him declaring certain pieces as sterling and some sort of bizarre...
Bakersgma - remember the poster on the eBay boards who was weirdly obsessed with Corbell? Can't see a piece without him coming to mind... ~Cheryl
Corbell & Co. - modern silverplate: https://www.925-1000.com/silverplate_C2.html ~Cheryl
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/ryusa-netsuke-modern-masterpiece-313660035
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