Welcome, Molly. You're doing way better than many first timers. Is this also some kind of writing or miscellaneous scratches? It's just past...
Well, now that we've confirmed what Linda thought from the beginning about what it is, any suggested answers to her question about what the metal...
How long? Is the ring solid or open in some way?
Full size is better for all photos. :) [IMG] [IMG]
It occurred to me that David was a shepherd. Looking for a painting of a sleeping David yielded nothing, but a site that summarizes his story,...
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It is also different in the way the upper edge is decorated, so maybe just a slightly different model with a different finial.
Same one, I think? Oops - sniped by Houseful. :)
http://eddieross.com/eddie_ross/2008/09/object-of-the-3.html [IMG] Some difference in the lid, unless yours has a piece snapped off.
Think so, for unfiltered ones. Have never been a smoker, so hazy on this topic.
If they were loaded vertically, standing on end?
This, no? https://www.ebay.ie/itm/233197313213 [IMG] Porzellanfabrik Moschendorf
I'm won over. Here's a representative pair: https://www.etsy.com/listing/660841990/ [IMG]
The backs of cards would certainly be more attractive than cigarettes showing through the transparent sides. Probably from the Age of Bridge Parties.
We were dancing around it.
Really unusual! Would guess brass, but wait for other opinions.
If author is more accurate here, OP's basket meets criterion for K bumps: These bumps are sometimes hemispherical, as at Kanawha. Sometimes they...
A confusing passage from the above: Kanawha made three blown hob nail patterns and one pressed. They look like this: 1. Widely spaced...
Haven't read yet but looks pertinent: http://wvmuseums.org/identifying-kanawha-fenton-hob-nail-pattern-glass/
Could the color combo be coral overlay?
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