T don't think I'd go all that near someone who was semi skilled in armaments, you'd never never know when the semi unskilled part would kick in.
If she presses the button on the top of the stem (the bit that holds the bow or suspension ring) the front should flip open. This will show the...
The design of these is derived from 18th/19th C pocket watch keys, note the vestigial, non functional key appendages on the bottoms. Evidence of...
Looking at the nib and the general shape I'd say it is not earlier than the 1950s.
How is the pen filled, can you open it (in the middle, should unscrew, and what does the pen nib look like.
The quality does look very much like commercial illustrator. It's like being an artist but without all that tiresome starving in garrets stuff.
Long case clock l/c clock. Etherington is the maker. Things were made in those days, the era of the manufactuary, later abbreviated to factory,...
The 375 on the chain is almost certainly for 9 carat. The watch case is easily dated from the London 18ct hallmark.
12 inches or less counts as small, and lack of makers mark in not unusual.
It's not an official hole, as you can see. I can only suppose some earlier owner had a reason for drilling it (badly), possibly to stick a...
Any maker's marks will be quite clear to the naked eye.
You might see the tiny letters W&H SCH. at the bottom of the backplate, Just guessing here, I can't see for the gongs.
Looks like a Winterhalder and Hoffmeier, looking at the pictures from the front. Late 19th C, worth about 1/5th to 1/10th as much as the C.1700...
This one seems to be mainly about a nice little Regency time piece, if it is as small as it looks this would enhance the value. The brass inlay is...
Just looked at a couple of pictures, but clearly a late 17th to early 18th C bracket clock is the best one here, looks like it has the original...
Nice quality Westminster chime mantel clock, not W&H or Lenzkirch but good middle of the road. Seems to be missing the pendulum suspension
The holder is nice, common enough style around 1900, but the watch is a bit of a dog.
The trick with opening cases like that is to insert a finger nail and slide it round the edge of the case a bit, the sideways movement levers the...
That (vesta case, is it?) looks far too crude to be from the Faberge workshops.
It looks Dutch, vaguely.
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