My dad was in the merchant navy, on oil tankers on the N. Atlantic run. His ship went down and he inhaled a lot of oil and burnt his arm. He was...
Just google "marks on Dixon silveplate" and you should find your answer.
Agree
I saw the travelling exhibition in Edinburgh years ago. It was packed. Everyone had to shuffle around in a tight packed line. The gift shop had...
English silverplated.
Unfortunately, this ware was worth a lot more years ago. Here in France, the French call "copper lustre" or "sunderland lustre" "Jersey ware"...
That must have hurt, finding out it was a pencil.
I can better this. Years ago I bought a complete set in the original box. My husband nabbed it for himself as soon as I took it home. I can never...
I remember many years ago buying one and got a really good price. I asked the dealer selling it how much was it. I thought he said "10", so I gave...
The mark looks really dodgy. Looks like a Chinese piece trying to fool.
I remember in the late sixties, when living in Sunderland, we saw lots of dumps on windowsills and as door stops. I believe a lot were made in the...
That happened to me a lot when I had a shop. I could never understand why some people expected me to pay them the price I had on a similar object.
We managed to catch ours OK. We did think it was funny.
Seeing the name Sabena brought back memories of a short flight we took with that airline. When refreshment time came around we were given a drink...
I am having a "stupid day today" I went to the shops for groceries and had to brave a large supermarket in Chartres with all the madness and...
Sorry, I see in your title you called it an overmantle mirror.
Google "antique overmantle mirror" and you will see a good supply of images. When I was in the trade in the UK, we always called them overmantle...
Is that like a diarama but more a spoonerama?
Thanks for sharing . I really enjoyed looking at them.
I have seen them being sold on e bay as skirt lifters also. It makes me feel really old to remember them in use as glove holders.
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