I cannot answer for this medal, but many medals were produced by several different firms, so there may well be slight differences in the finished...
A trained blacksmith would probably have made it slightly different to this piece. Not necessarilly so, but probably. The crook would often have...
Made by a poor or amateur blacksmith simply to hang something from a beam in the workshop. You can see on the outside bend the slight flat spot,...
Yes , it is marked 830S, so , silver. I will polish it. I remember that mum always kept it polished! Mind you, she also always had sherry in it...
Thank you Davey, I will try that! The silver top is marked M.SK. 830S. My apologies for the very poor snap shot, it was taken very quickly. The...
Hello folks, A question if I may...... I have a cut glass sherry decanter that I inherited from my mother. I have had it many years, but never...
Here is a Mineé ball recovered from a Victorian firing range in North England. The first image shows the plug in the base of the bullet designed...
The Mineé ball had a plug in the rear of the bullet which helped force the bullet into the rifling, thus increasing the velocity greatly. This...
An interesting item indeed! There are a number of battle scared trees form various battle around. The Battle field at Waterloo in Belgium still...
I was told by a member of the UK special forces, that they always carried a bottle of tobasco, it makes snake and lizard and whatever a little...
I must agree with evelyb, yep, scallops are ok, but the sauce again like snails, is wonderful. Scallops in bacon Komo? Sounds interesting too! I...
I have eaten snails... yuk, gritty and very chewy, definitely not to my taste, literally. That said the garlic sauce was nice!
My rule, as I tell every one, is that I do not eat anything with more than four legs!:D I have tried shellfish, but do not like the taste. I do...
Yes it does, but he wasn't like that. I think he merely wanted to give the waiter a really good tip!! As for the table cloth being art and...
I think it is more likely Chinese,judging by the characters. These don't look Japanese to me, more Chinese.
I was not a fan either, neither am I a fan of Picasso, however, both artists were very fine artists, in what I call the true sense, back in their...
I was fortunate to have met many, and worked for and made items for quite a few more. I didn't always get to meet the people that I worked for...
@bosko69 I looked after weapons and armour, and also did leatherwork, and some prop making etc. I worked in the theatre, and tv and film.
I remember that one evening after a show he and some friends had dinner in a little local restaurant that I knew. Instead of leaving a tip,...
i'll bet my conker against yours anyday!:hilarious:
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