Wonder how many of us have no children to leave things for & are at ages when we need to think about this. I have no nieces/nephews either....
My experience of life has taught me that you can never have too many teaspoons. These are lovely.
Thinking 70s - 80s. Trying to remember when channel set stones got very popular.
It appears to have been given to someone with the initials PB to remember their first communion in 1891, so think you can use that for age.
One inscription is 'to [someone]...from [someone]' so a gift at one time. Addendum: Looking again, think it may have been given from one family...
Hablot K. Browne, aka Phiz. The set found on eBay is the 2 volume set. As Figtree said, a single volume is going to be worth much less. Also,...
If you put 'mumford' into the search box, you will get a mention of John, Jr., through his marriage to Lucretia Christophers. The same info...
Thanks, Matt. Often it's less about knowing things than about knowing how to find out.
I saw. Your message hadn't posted yet when I went off looking, couldn't find a glass artist Roberto Ca___, so set off after fishbowls. Knew you...
That is absolutely it!! Found while I was bumbling around finding a colleague.
The handful of similar pieces I can find all use what seems to be the same bowl, filled in by different artists with sea scenes. All described as...
Attached, also by the step? Another thought I had, but don't really see as mechanically feasible, is that they were to hold a lantern so you...
Nope, but figure looks like Apollo.
Ring is meant to look as though it is set with an ancient coin, but does not really appear to be a genuine coin. May be from an impression of a...
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Hello Anne, This is a board with a horde of hoarders, always room for one more. Welcome. :happy:
The Minton for me. I'm always a sucker for Medusa. [ATTACH]
I may not have seen the same photos, or may not have interpreted them correctly, but looks to me as though the structure required considerable...
Mumford, Jr., died in 1825, so would not have been photographed. It looks more like a drawing. McCormick's likely to have also been a picture...
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