Similar can be seen on this Indian wholesaler's site: https://iotcusa.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=%22brass+enamel+vase%22 ~Cheryl
Not cloisonné, nor any kind of fired vitreous enamel - modern Indian brass painted with some sort of cold enamel... ~Cheryl
The patent: https://patents.google.com/patent/US428866A/en?oq=US428866 [ATTACH] ~Cheryl
Might consider custom tailoring - dated a 6'8" body-builder banker in my twenties, needless to say, his suits were custom-made, can't say I...
I'm a bit bothered by that flat top and the overall scale - does it show any indication that some type of finial may have been removed? Not that...
1. What I read was "Really?" So I answered your question and addressed your further statement that you hadn't been handling the "right stuff"....
Good chance it's Swedish or nearby, old Scandinavian spoons tend to have largish bowls and short stems, would be for eating pretty much anything,...
Here's a pair of napkin rings, bearing the marks, 'V. Mayers Sohne', Bremen maker Koch & Bergfeld's trademark, '800', German crescent & crown,...
From what I can see of your marks, looks to bear the German crescent & crown, .800 or .900 fineness silver, the 'A' mark most likely an...
Could only find part of my stuff on that company, but your basket should date right around 1900, give or take a few years either direction... ~Cheryl
This 1900 advertisement for the Toronto Silver Plate Co. shows some similar pieces: [ATTACH] ~Cheryl
Have run across a few similar ivory pieces before, enough of them in pairs to believe they're salt/pepper shakers, likely early 20th century or...
Have seen hematite rings with a similar look... ~Cheryl
I'd suggest it seems unlikely that a pair of dainty demitasse (coffee) spoons depicting Renaissance adults were engraved with the same entwined...
Again, not sure why you're referring to "longhand" or "long hand" - personally, the only longhand 'Sterling' marks I can recall seeing have been...
1955, sewing bucket: [ATTACH] 1950, no turned legs, but would think a metal or plastic liner: [ATTACH] ~Cheryl
Circa 1950s maple or maple finish bucket-table - made by different manufacturers and found in numerous variations, shallow (as suggested,...
Believe I might see a '12' as well, under an 'A.N' - would think mid 19th century German, with that floral motif, the missing lid may have had a...
Match-safe/Vesta, striker on the bottom - looks like it's aluminum... ~Cheryl
Eh, 'Sølje' actually means 'brooch', in fairly recent times, it's come to be the term used for any bunadsølv (traditional Norwegian regional...
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