I was once given a mini Zen garden with a very similar base......
No liquor on US ships since 1914, other than for 'medicinal purposes', or for 'beer days' (not that it couldn't be found onboard as contraband)......
Wow - those are some optimistic asking prices! I used to sell those, or a very similar version, when I was in Fine Gifts at an upscale department...
This company has different sizes and finishes, and they're available elsewhere too:...
Are you sure it's pottery? Somewhere around here is a resin gargoyle that I think is just like it - my Mom purchased it new from some catalog,...
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Could certainly be used for whatever desired (small sterling cup without insulators, or at all really, seems an odd choice for hot coffee on...
Here's the crew-list if you want to look for possibilities for the initials: https://www.navysite.de/crewlist/commandlist.php?commandid=400 ~Cheryl
Hunhhh - why do you suppose the officers needed a special sterling baby cup for their mess? Weird... ~Cheryl
Looks like mink to me too (not that I'm an expert). My aunt and uncle owned one of the largest mink ranches in the country in the 1950s-60s,...
Nice piece! Love the bowl... ~Cheryl
Great buy, especially the .950 fineness! Given the variety of marks and small differences in size, it's obviously assembled, likely put together...
Are you thinking it's silver and other metals? Is the Gorham/Crankshaw spoon demitasse or teaspoon size? ~Cheryl
I bought one of these for my Mom maybe 20-25 years ago, she used it everyday until she lost the the ability to read books - it's still around here...
Most silver sites have some errors, but Giorgio's is usually pretty good (and he is Italian) - can't see any reason to think it anything other...
London import mark, looks like 1979... ~Cheryl
This is a studio button, just over 1" in diameter, that I bought at a button show and framed for my Mom 25-30 years ago, scrimshaw by Wahaba...
Nut bowl -...
Spoon cases that were on my dining room wall, spaced with framed postcards (sorry, poor pics): [IMG] British, looks like it may be a Mabel Lucie...
Being a bit spoon-obsessed, have a small collection of spoon postcards - these are some old pics of some of them: 1909 advertising postcard for...
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