I've seen one of these before. It's a cachet-making device. You put the little rice-paper cups inside the holes on both sides, you fill half of...
Glad I could help. Incidentally it's not a filling mechanism I'm familiar with. But in the 1900s-1910s, there was a HUGE rush to try and develop...
Figtree has a very good memory. The pen is made of BCHR (what most pen collectors call 'black chased hard rubber') or to use a more common term -...
I wanted to buy the links, but I fiddled-and-jibbered over them too long and when I went back they'd been sold. But nobody had touched these two...
Thanks! The lady I bought them from gave me a really good discount, I felt, so I didn't think it was polite to try and haggle further. She'd had...
I never said he did. I said his brother - Isidor - did.
It's a beautiful piece. If you can get it restored and fixed, you could keep it in the fireplace, or perhaps sell it. I'm sure someone doing a...
[IMG] Picked these up today at the local flea-market. Coins made of sterling silver Edwardian-era 3d coins. A total of 24d or 2/- on each...
I have found silver in my local opshop. One silver porringer, two silver napkin rings, one pair of opera glasses, various pieces of brassware, and...
Definitely a gas fitting. Over the top of that, there would be a glass globe or bowl, and inside, there would be a disposable gas-mantle. You...
You were talking about spoons and there weren't any in your post, until you edited it. I had exactly 0 idea what you were talking about.
Sorry what?
Hi, No I don't. I sell through facebook and various other online methods. Why? You want to buy something? I only do this as a sideline or...
It is very cute. If I ever see another one, I'll probably keep it. The guy who bought the bowl also bought four silver napkin rings and a silver...
Most of them are, unfortunately. But I never said CLOSE to 100. I said below 100. It could be $25. There's one at my local antique shop on sale...
Yes it was an actual auction HOUSE. Nobody else wanted it, which I was rather surprised at - it's really cute! And no, no mention was made,...
Unless I'm very much mistaken, Nathan Strauss was the brother of Isidor Strauss, who drowned on the Titanic with his wife Ida in 1912. Nathan and...
I purchased this today at auction at a pretty damn good price. Just my luck - nobody else wanted it, and I managed to win it! [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]...
Most definitely a cigarette box. I've seen enough of these in brass and silver to know one when I see it. I have seen silver ones on sale for...
I love the first one!
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