Ice tea.... just open your eyes and really look,the errors are plainly visible.
Looks like the engraver had a few too many "beverages" while engraving it.Wriggle engraving is sloppy,they could not follow a straight line,many...
Some answers as to how the boxwood carving were made..............
Looks like Karis
Looks like DT and was double stamped
I doubt many people can tell the difference with the weight,there is a small difference of 5 pounds in a cubic foot with bronze being the heavier....
Since I'm not familiar with working with stainless,after a little research and looking at the thickness of the ring..... it was probably die...
Without a makers mark it is impossible to say where the ring originated.
It may look "deco" style,but the same designs were available in the 60's and 70's.If you wanted to go through a number of catalogs of 25,000 plus...
What metal type is the ring?The ring itself looks like a commercial signet ring with a man's name.The dates and other words are crudely done and a...
Hard to tell what it is from the photos,but it looks like a matrix opal.
Nice doublets on "ironstone" backing.
A closed back does not mean anything,if the back is open and the base of a triplet is visible it is an indicator.Many solid natural opals are set...
Get a closeup photo of the top of the stone looking straight down,there is something about the stone,but a better photo is needed.
@ springfld.arsenal Did you check this site,it can keep you busy for hours. http://compassmuseum.com/
Knights Templar Regalia Plume Hat
Hollow candlesticks filled with pitch,cement do not add up to much of anything,common practice for centuries.
Both rings appear to have casting porosity with the Hill example looking worse,usually a more well known company would have put them in the...
Just a guess.... sometime in the last 100 years.
Unofficially the bird is called a "crow"....
Separate names with a comma.
