Right on, Alfred Lord Tennyson! That is certainly him. There are some similarities. Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809-1892): [IMG] William "Boss"...
Claudia, welcome to these forums! Yes, up near Memphis in DeSoto County - the northern reaches of the state. As you say you "grew up" in MS, I...
I certainly agree. Writing that well on a blackboard/chalkboard and in such level lines is not easy. No doubt she had literally years of...
> when I read that about "grits" I, being from Mississippi, immediately thought of the food grits < My same thought!! I am also a Mississippian...
Another attempt... the girl in the back looking over the woman's shoulder has the same nose, mouth, chin and possibly eyes as the man's portrait...
#14 & #15 in Cheryl's 1st pic of "Child's Button Sets" are "Solid 14K Gold." --- Susan
I totally agree that it is no doubt an older mark of Joy-Mex. I was just pointing out that Hougart had Joy-Mex. I'm sorry I didn't word my reply...
Agree. You no doubt know, but in case not, Joy-Mex in Hougart's ...Little Books of Mexican Silver Trade and Hallmarks, p. 85....
>The mark could be Japanese. I just recognized one character that reads China.< The top left mark does look like one of the characters used for...
Maybe a saki pot. The canal limits the amount of saki poured at one time. Maybe like your posting back in Aug 2014??...
The patent 2723547 was filed Sep 3, 1953 and published Nov. 22, 1955. It was issued to a "Harold P. Bellavance, Attleboro, Mass., assignor to...
Wonder if that is R.B. or B.B. Found pics of baseball teams from this period with an organization name on the front of their jerseys followed by...
Couple of the pics. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Jimmy Carter's Pa might be there! ;) --- Susan
Bottom of the following page has the touchmarks used by Match Pewter of Italy:...
Right, a definite sign that a piece is relatively new, 20th century. I also haven't had time to look through my pewter references; however, my...
I think??? the mark needs to be rotated 90 degrees to the right. The closest I could spot a mark to this one on the Gotheborg.com Chinese marks...
Tried to find the patent for this one, but no luck. I thought I could pull up the patent from the date. I'm not all that sure it is 1878, could be...
My thought also Greg....
Me too! Heacock & Johnson's, 5,000 Open Salts, p. 172, #3552 has kind of a similar shape with similar dimensions - 2 1/4" high, 2 1/4" diameter....
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