Are you trying to establish if these were Ms Nixon's plates, plates from the same service (an armorial service buyer would have ordered far more...
I have a tester just like that, and find it robust and reliable.
Crests, as part of the superstructure of coats of arms (the crest is the bit on top) can be a bit generic, it takes the emblazonment (the design...
No idea about the object but really nice sharp clear pictures.
What type of diamond tester do you have? The heat dispersion type often has a row of lights on the side, these need to be set according to the...
Well, I'd cut his nadgers off and nail them amusingly to his forehead.
50c. a gram is about $800, not $1600. Unless you badly need the money I'd hang on to it.
It looks like the sort of thing Rosie the Riveter might have used to drill the rivet holes. I'd say WWII period. The construction in what seems...
The black snuffbox is of course a routine mid 19th C papier mache example but the other box I'd like a closer look at.
The last mark has a number under it. The official VR stamp has a number under it, and the local pub glass I mentioned which is just beside me has...
It has the official Victorian marks for a pint mug, and this means that it was used in a pub (Public house, tavern or saloon for the colonists) as...
AF, are you from the UK? I enjoy your posts, your use of the English language. Yes, British, and we don't all make speeches and write...
If I can call myself a seasoned pro, I'm one who is a novice in loads of stuff. The list of what all of us don't know gets longer by the day as...
As a groat it should be very thin. Thin enough to feel very thin. I'd buy it at the right price, please let me know if you list it
It was all black this morning before a polishing Which knocked half the value off the coin, but you weren't to know. And presumably it had been...
Yes.
Looks like a semi copy of a French coin but that would say 'R F' not GF. It does appear quirkily naive, possibly in the Japanese fashion of the...
Typical mid Georgian toddy ladle, and looking at the original picture again the coin is still inset in the bowl. That's unusual in having an...
Was there a mount with this or did you find it loose? It is uncommon to find such a coin mounted in any recent, and by this I mean Victorian or...
Removing the old yellow varnish he looks European.
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