These are on a ladle. Do they say anything? [ATTACH] (best I can do from online photo)
really surprised it was ID-able!
Lisa... if you like owls, it's a beauty, but so far as manufacture is concerned, it looks home-crafter to me.
It's a beautiful lamp and a real statement piece. How fortunate that the shade has survived!
I have an egg also with the contents rattling around inside. It came from an aunt who called it her million year old egg. No decoration on that...
The little one might be ala Audrey Hepburn: [ATTACH]
Certainly makes mincemeat of what I wrote, but that's life. It was a fanciful interpretation. Never call me as an eyewitness. (I stand by the...
My guess is: Either it's a Frankenstein - that back added later to that bottom - or it's about as transitional as transitional gets. The bottom...
@giotto There is a book dealing specifically with silver boxes, I think mostly with types and history: Silver Boxes Eric Delieb Exeter, 1979
Is that an ice racing sledge?
Seems to be more of a renaissance revival type thing.
That price tends towards the high end according to what's currently available on Abebooks. If condition is "as new" it's reasonable. I think you...
Old 8mm and Super 8 films are also collected.
Eighteenth Century Gold Boxes of Europe, A. Kenneth Snowman It's a large and heavy book, not the most comfortable to read. The 2nd edition (1990,...
I think he would be conceded to be the leading authority of his day. I don't know of anyone considered to be more of an authority now. His...
Snowman is talking about a very small percentage of boxes, but does ascribe most such marks to Geneva. Penalties in France were dire.
So far as the stand is concerned: the marks are consistent with Moscow production 1908-17. The workmaster initials are for Julius Rappaport....
Might be worthwhile to start a new thread and show the whole object as well as the mark.
Kenneth Snowman coined the phrase in his book "Eigtheenth Century Gold Boxes of Europe", first published 1966. It has gained acceptance in...
For me it was this model but without the finials (Alladdin Alacite D186). Tri-light switch that allowed illumination of the body. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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