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<p>[QUOTE="RachelW, post: 9727766, member: 15376"]<p style="text-align: center">Hello all! So happy I won these, eBay is a disease I swear! 6 euros pp though, who was I to say no?</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">I just thought these were so pretty. The enamel is in near perfect condition (tiny bit missing <i>maybe</i>, needs a clean first).</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">Brass and enamel, can't find one like this. Closest one was russian cloisonne. Date wise....just after AN? Seems too on the nose to be of the period perhaps, not stylized enough? They started getting popular in the early 1910s according to wikipedia. What's the bone material? Bone, ivory, or celluloid? There's some sticky stuff on it, it comes right off.</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]472900[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]472907[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]472906[/ATTACH] </p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">This one was advertised as silver, possible amber, and gold. I was reading that amber was used on men's cigar holders from the edwardian period until the 20s. Is this amber? There's two hallmarks, just gotta look into them. The seller says its the eagle so 18k. I'll check to make sure. From the photo it looks like also a boars head, so 800 silver perhaps? And what are we thinking date wise?</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]472899[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]472898[/ATTACH] </p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">Thanks for looking with me!</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="RachelW, post: 9727766, member: 15376"][CENTER]Hello all! So happy I won these, eBay is a disease I swear! 6 euros pp though, who was I to say no? I just thought these were so pretty. The enamel is in near perfect condition (tiny bit missing [I]maybe[/I], needs a clean first). Brass and enamel, can't find one like this. Closest one was russian cloisonne. Date wise....just after AN? Seems too on the nose to be of the period perhaps, not stylized enough? They started getting popular in the early 1910s according to wikipedia. What's the bone material? Bone, ivory, or celluloid? There's some sticky stuff on it, it comes right off. [ATTACH=full]472900[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]472907[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]472906[/ATTACH] This one was advertised as silver, possible amber, and gold. I was reading that amber was used on men's cigar holders from the edwardian period until the 20s. Is this amber? There's two hallmarks, just gotta look into them. The seller says its the eagle so 18k. I'll check to make sure. From the photo it looks like also a boars head, so 800 silver perhaps? And what are we thinking date wise? [ATTACH=full]472899[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]472898[/ATTACH] Thanks for looking with me![/CENTER][/QUOTE]
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