Welcome to the forum, Pat! As this is a dated/old thread from August 2015, Sperls, the OP / Original Poster, who had the ring may not see your...
Good find, Gila. I found the website with that souvenir case with a half sovereign. It dates to 1915. Scroll a good 1/3rd of the way down the...
Oh, dear. :( I'm posting pics of the chair, but pleaseeeeee, nobody tell me it dates from the late 1800s. I want to think it dates from the...
Bev, this miniature lamp is pictured in Frank & Ruth Smith's Miniature Lamps, p. 69, Fig. 94. It is described as: "Fig. 94. Tin painted green:...
Look to see if there is any dried blood on it. Seems Ava Gardner "smashed an onyx ashtray" over the head of Howard Hughes after he punched her in...
After editing the touchmark pic, I can more or less make out 2 of the marks. The 2nd from our left is an animal head. The far right is a sword in...
Welcome to the forum! FWIW, I vote cut down also. Early slat-back chairs did have short legs, low to the ground, with the stretchers only a few...
It looks a bit similar, definitely not identical, to the following model of the US Brig Syren (1803). I can't tell if the flags are the same. In...
King, your opener with the bathing girl in pictured on page 7, fig. A1. In the file "Handbook Listings" page 1, the first listed it says: "A...
This style of bottle opener is called wire formed. The following website is a dedicated bottle opener site. A good 1/2 way down the page to the...
Piano shawls tended to be elaborate affairs, much more colorful than this. Like Bev, I vote for a tablecloth of some kind. With the measurements...
I agree. Look at the google pics of them. Scroll down and there is a pic of a girl drinking from one....
Chanel conjoined Cs marks. http://www.antique-jewelry-investor.com/chanel-jewelry-comments.html...
There were postcards done by an A.H. Hardwick, picture framer and photographer in the 1920s. He was located at 157 James St, Hamilton, Ont....
I should have added that I couldn't find this particular swirl miniature in any of my miniature lamp books. A couple of other type swirl miniature...
Yes, a miniature lamp. The screw on collar is a dead give-away that it isn't old but could date to the 1920s-1930s. Among my miniature lamp...
This is a very accurate depiction of a hippo. According to several publications the hippo is the "most dangerous mammal in Africa." It kills more...
Hmmm... 502 and 402? Those stems aren't numbered in that chart. You are seeing 5oz and 4oz. The 1st pic in your reply #12 looks like it could be a...
I'm not sure, but believe "invalid" was used more often in so-called Victorian polite society then used today. It was used for anyone who was...
This one looks very similar. It is stamped on the bottom with "Made in England" dated to early 20th century....
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