Terry, the postings on the Silver Salon forum think it is probably Philo Gilbert also. According to the following posting over there this pattern...
Yes, I knew my examples were newer, but were only used to show the differences in the crowns. If it is British with a king's crown than would date...
I know very little about British military stuff and such, but am about positive the shape of the crown is a king's crown. A queen shape crown on...
Sorry, I forgot about checking back here. Brad, I'll take look and see if I can spot where the bock was glued on. Thank you for the detailed info!...
Cheryl, rides to the rescue again! So the mark of a bell or Dutch maid my vivid imagination came up with is a crowned lion's head, and there are...
Nowwww don't rule out your friend's opinion quite yet. I have just finished scanning through enough Native American/Indian weather vanes that...
Finally, the hallmarks on the cup! They are hard to read. The lion is the British purity mark for Sterling. [ATTACH] To the left of the lion...
Looks like a maker's name and numbers around the hole collar pictured in the 3rd from the last pic of your ladt posting. May be "Clark 1355"??...
So much for my edited pics and eyesight. Any how brought out the hunk in komo.... message! --- Susan
As others have said about the ashtray, the British hallmarks are for sterling, London city mark, and date letter for 1905. The maker was Ollivant...
On zooming on those marks, they do not appear to be British hallmarks. The one on the left made be an animal, but not the Lion Passant for British...
Silver tarnish is not a patina. --- Susan
Before this thread drops from the scene, I have another question. In the pic of the drawer, 6th pic in 1st message, there is a small block of wood...
Thanks again, Brad! I just found these pulls/knobs a few minutes ago! They are pictured in opalescent and in black in Barlow & Kaiser's The...
Come on, Sue, jump right in with your table and pics. The water's fine! Taking pics of furniture can be awkward and difficult because of their...
Thank you one and all for your appreciative words on this table! >Mahogany Federal work table so earlier than Empire (very late 18th century to...
I'm a displaced or misplaced Yankee! Born and raised in Southbridge near Sturbridge. My grandparents shopped in at least one of the stores...
Continuation of pictures from original posting. It was nearly impossible to get the color right in the pics. In some pics it appears too red, in...
With all the talk of Empire lately, I thought I would throw in this small sewing table. I believe it was originally made as a sewing table because...
The following site has 147 (4 pages) of pocket flashlight displayed. It is the Flashlight Museum website. I haven't look through them to see if...
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