Counter bell, desk-bell, service-bell, call-bell. Bells like this were common in places like shops, hotels, front desks of public buildings like...
[ATTACH] My latest purchase. Dunno how old it is exactly, but I reckon Victorian. It's certainly of a similar style to other bells from the...
My posts were about sterling silver. Not about any other grade or purity.
You have FAR more patience with this stuff than I do, PI, and I had to rebuild a Victorian writing-box from scratch once... :o But I couldn't do...
I am familiar with coin silver.
The best way to be sure is to look at the marks. If it's American, it'll say 'STERLING SILVER' or a variation thereof. If it's English, it'll have...
[ATTACH] Went out antiquing today. Found a sweet-shop that sells teeny tiny titchy little mints. Bought a big massive bag of them and they fit...
Definitely a card-case for calling/business cards. I'd say late Victorian or Edwardian era. If it is English, then the hallmarks - and there...
I agree with ClutteredCloset. Something like this is likely to be much older than 1930s. The decoration looks sorta Art-Nouveau. So that would be...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] This is quite possibly, the plainest antique I've ever bought in my life. It is a vesta-case from 1886, made by the...
900 silver. So not sterling. And definitely not ivory. Celluloid and 900 silver is what this is. And a paper-knife/letter-opener for sure. Cute...
Bit late to the party, but yes, a pocket microscope from the 1890s or early 1900s-1910s. Not especially powerful, but still very cute. 'Made in...
Most def. guilloche enamel. Always highly prized + very attractive :) A lovely piece!!
I'd suggest yumcha at a fine restaurant, and then an evening of Peking Opera...
British: Hong Kong, India, Burma, Singapore, Malaya, Straits Settlements. Dutch: Indonesia, Java, Sumatra, Dutch East Indies. French:...
The Peranakan,of which AJ & and I are both descendant, lived in Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia. THeir furniture and other things (clothes,...
Don't be so sure about that, Davy. The last monstrosity I saw in an op shop was a solid silver goblet for $300.00. Not that I bought it, but still...
I get bloody confused when people call them 'salts'. To me they're salt-cellars and nothing else. Salt is what you put into them.
Took a little longer than the silver basket, but I finally managed to sell this piece, too!!
I've always called them salt cellars. But yes, for holding salt.
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