The legs are pegged and soldered/brazed into the base. The top "ears" also look the be soldered on.
Looks like the designs were "factory" made with an embossing machine and not hand tooled.
Heat cracked and dyed.
Lake Superior basalt beads do not have "craters" like those from some other locations.
Could be basalt beads.
The large seeds could be Ininti Seed.
The dragons were made separate from the dish and soldered to the dish as were the whiskers.
Looks like a bud/flower vase without the frame.
It's not upside down on purpose,it has just twisted in the mounting.
"all seeing eye" motif,somewhat more common Catholic symbol in Europe.
The "crust" looks more like staining from the iron cannon.The photos have too much light to see what the white end looks like.
California,New York,New Jersey already, Washington starting in July I believe.
The sale of real ivory is only banned in 4 states.
Cut the stick off but leave enough to hold onto,put the handle into hot water for a bit and try to twist. Many times the handles are filled with...
Sterling doesn't start to get soft until it's heated at 900 degrees and fully anneals at 1100-1200 degrees.Lead is a soft metal,sterling is not...
I can see that you know little about working with silver,boiling in water only makes the piece too hot to hold with bare hands. The cane handle...
With it being "crushed",no experienced silversmith would make the repair for less than $100.
Depends on what you consider "old". Inexpensive trinket,sloppy casting,lack of cleanup.
Maybe alabaster,many were carved in Italy.
Pills or snuff
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