Quality who ever made it.
I would guess attached to the bottom of the board and then the diagonal arm could be moved to different slot for different height.
Nice find!.
Welcome Joe. Seems there are a number of us getting to the age where we are inheriting things and have questions.
Very Nice.I used a fountain pen through college. Thought I was being very Suave!
Utterly charming!
Won't you look fancy out there picking your teeth!
Very nice,
What cute mini bottles.
yep.
That is a nice basket in good shape. It could have come from anywhere in the US . Probably a market basket. Looks to have a little age to it but...
I was surrounded with antiques so that is what I loved. My first (not antique) piece was an LE Smith ground stopper blue jar I bought new at ZCMI...
Yes,I have an old shot gun with the round tacks but these have the design on them and I think more modern.
The brads in the end are upholstery tacks. the leather looks new.
you might try a google lens search. people are going to want size and any marks if they are to help.
My daughter turned her computer to spanish to keep up with her Spanish. She is pretty fluent.
Beat me to it @Roaring.
I too have a scrap drawer. I have warned my daughter and marked it as sterling scrap. I had a customer that was melting down his sterling himself...
it looks like the scarab moves on a pin a little making it look poorly fitting.
Same with me. I lived all over the world and had to learn some of the language but never in one place long so forgot it. My parents spoke Turkish...
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