Dealer run sales that are honest and fair are almost impossible to find, They BS the family into thinking the stuff they like is worth a fortune...
Yep a canning / preserving crock with finger prints of the potter no less.
Looks like 17 jewel or maybe 7 can't see it real clear. [ATTACH]
From your Mother its priceless!
The brown one looks like a preserve / canning type jar but need to see the top, should look like a wax seal type.
if you can get it unlocked or forced (carefully) everything should come apart.
there should be a nut on the top which loosens everything and the glass will lift off.
perhaps a tobacco jar or even a cookie jar both missing the lid!
This is the site I use ref gold & silver etc scrap calculations. 4 grams 18k = 118.44 . http://www.silverrecyclers.com/
Looks like dragons to me:watching:
Looks like a miniball and could have been fired or dropped almost anytime! I don't see how that "proves" anything. Finished reading the whole...
Pictures showing correct color and a bit closer would help, Looks a bit odd. There are a lot of fakes coming out of china. Weight should be 26.73...
The watch chain and possible the watch case may be silver but unless that's the case 150 is a stretch.
They should be together as a creamer and sugar bowl, are they sterling, coin or plate?
send it back!
Pictures of the items would help a great deal, some silver will be 'scrap value, be careful here as scrap value is close to -20% with most...
The blade shape has that "wood carver / whittler" look to it and the thumb shape rest would make sense.
Square nut guide. (sort of like a drill size guide or nail size guide).
That's a beautiful example of the independent armorer's craft in Europe during the 1800's. There were countless attempts to develop a repeating...
never would have guessed that!
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