No idea, but it does look like a carving fork. That would hold a roast in place all right! As for Black, Starr & Frost .... @Ratsy Brown you...
And what blithering idiot painted it PINK?!
And those falling prices mean you may some day soon find a Roycroft living room set in the local Ill Will! We can dream, right?
Me either, but it shows there's still stuff out there. May we all find those sleepers.
These days he can get really nice antique solid wood for cheap. Lousy for dealers, but great for someone with an old house.
It's been in use for a while, but a non-native speaker might not have run across it.
Or if he's really lucky, Roycroft. It used to sell for absolutely SILLY money. No idea about these days.
If that were in its home market, I bet it wouldn't have lasted 2 days, never mind two weeks, at that price.
They made chains by the gazillion in Korea in the 1970s and 1980s. It doesn't relate to the pendant.
No particular age on this one. It could be Indian, Thai, Chinese or ... no idea.
My late dad was a metallurgical engineer. I see Starrett and start drooling!
Seconded! I think Kronos wins this weekend! I found a Coach purse (direct to consignment store ASAP) and a 1905 Zimmerman sterling photo frame....
Swarovski made things like that at one point. No idea if that's whodunnit, but it could be. I'd be at it with a loupe, checking for swans.
I wouldn't even dare try it; I'm a bit of a crackpot.
I'd cheerfully wear either, but would prefer the OP's; rock crystal is one of my favorite stones.
It looks like rock crystal from here. Some of them were engraved with initials or a family crest, but this one was left as found.
It makes a nice bookmark.
That flower necklace has a 30s clasp on it. As for the those poor corals, I'd be busily restringing them at the kitchen table tonight.
No idea. Those desks were pretty common for offices everywhere.
And that bill will buy a loaf of bread.
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