I would say shark rather than fish.
I put up a pretty good one when eBay had guides. Too bad they took them all down. Prior to 1946 the Egyptian national mark for silver was a cat;...
Welcome, Simon. We like to see photos full size (& we'll be very interestedin anything else you want to show us): [IMG] My specialty is cameos...
Someone who at least knows owls: the feet are correct with 2 toes facing forward, not 3.
The marks on the first piece are Egyptian marks for 80[0] silver. I would not be surprised if there is a partial mark on the pin stem, possibly a...
I assume it goes this way up; otherwise it is defying gravity. [ATTACH]
Welcome, Fox. A search for 'beer stein music box' turns up many such. You can get an idea of how much is being asked for them from that.
Sipper or dipper? Edit: Ah, I see the text, but still wonder if it's not a typo.
Something like a grain scoop? Interesting piece.
A favorite from my own collection: [ATTACH]
Definitely Herakles/Hercules. The lion skin is routinely described as being that of the Nemean lion, but mythology also contains the story of...
First one is really interesting, not likely to be a mass produced piece, even though the cameo element is glass. You might apply the word...
Shakespeare is hardstone (agate, as Marie said) & very well engraved. There is some twisted wire missing from the front & looks like he may have...
Just because he was in San Jose in 1940 doesn't mean he stayed there the rest of his life. I don't know how the census was conducted then, but if...
And brass smells like brass, if you heat it up a little by rubbing briskly on fabric. (Not fabric you care about if the metal hasn't been polished.)
Eriachia? But think Debora may be right.
On something like the bracelet, composed of a number of separately made pieces, there tends to be a fineness mark somewhere on each major part.
In the photo of the 2 earrings' fronts, I think I can see an 800 mark on the rim, just below the beetle's head, on the one on the right. Probably...
The earring clips say 800; OBB is correct that the other mark is for 900. Place of assay is too sketchy for me. AJ may have an idea. Sometimes...
I have an obscene number of rings, most set with stones, so often good for reference.
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