Aluminum. I had one once, unmarked, but identified as Rodney Kent based on the handle. Doesn't seen to me inconsistent with Rodney Kent stuff.
Interest in the Stevenson might depend on the illustrations.
Here's one that's more like mine: https://www.ebay.com/itm/251347346755
http://www.ioof.org/WCM/IOOF/About_Us/Jewels/rebekahjewels/IOOF/AboutUS/IOOF_Jewels/jewels_rebekahjewels.aspx?hkey=3e850346-1a40-4346-a1cd-d65b0862...
Maybe just a junior form of the award - order 2nd class as it were. Maybe you had to get to the big numbers before you got the gold.
Those says marked 10k. This one is not marked. I have no means of testing. I guess Perseverance Reb. could be Rebekah. So Oddfellows -...
This thing is 2 1/4" long, 1 1/4" across. The monogram involves the letters V, R, and D (in some unknown order). Any idea what this is about? No...
Found only one copy of the Reil on Abebooks. That one seems to be in much worse condition than yours but that seller also asking $100. The...
Samuel Lear? Hanley, 1877-1886...
It is a beautiful collection.
"believe I'll just stop now..." HA! HA! HA! HA! HA!
I don't think it's quite that simple. If you know when it was made, apply the appropriate tag.
https://electricscotland.com/poetry/douglas/oskar2.htm "In the highlands and islands the porridge was poured into a drawer in the kitchen dresser...
It has the look of zinc to me. I wonder if it might have been used to make a mold for the production of glass tumblers. Don't know if that's a...
The patterning is called "feathered" (feathering).
Flea hunting was a popular enough subject for painters. Flea Hunt by Giuseppi Crespi (1720) [IMG] Ghost of a Flea by William Blake (c1820)...
I'd call the first plate Aesthetic Movement and Japonism, and the second 2 items Chinoiserie.
Well, "classic silver and gold setting" describes your ring, which is what this tread is about.
From this site: https://www.technology.matthey.com/article/36/1/40-47/ The possibilities of platinum fabrication were acknowledged by experts in...
It was the difficulty in working platinum that brought it to the attentions of the 16th C Spaniards in the Americas.
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