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Pretty brooch, I'm a sucker for grape motifs - please let us know if you identify the maker...

~Cheryl

Don't know the emblem or maker's marks, but the 'lion-head-in-C' stamp was a Canadian national mark, used from 1934-78 to indicate the item was Canadian-made...

~Cheryl

Don't know the mark, but it's not Poul Petersen - the 'lion-head-in-C' stamp was a Canadian national mark, used from 1934-78 to indicate the item was Canadian-made...

~Cheryl

Here is one similar, from Zee Wo of Shanghai:







~Cheryl

There's no scamming or fakery involved, nor is it a machine-stamped piece - though your images are a bit fuzzy and the marks are poorly struck or worn, it is, as joho suggests, a late 19th-early 20th century Chinese basket, and to my eye, rather attractive. I can't make much out of the marks other t...

I'm a bit confused here, and wondering where the patents for these patterns were found - is it just the 1885 Gorham and 1892 introduction dates being referenced? Just to simplify - this piece, retailed by Mermod, Jaccard & Co., is Holmes & Edwards' 1892 engraved silverplate 'Jac Rose' patter...

Hi - when I access the forums on my cell, I have to rotate it to landscape for certain functions...

~Cheryl

Though the stones are missing, looks typical of a Scottish pebble brooch, and if you use those three words for an internet search, should give you an idea of the wide variety of agates used. Suppose it could have been made in Australia or New Zealand to Scottish taste - but have seen other small Sco...

Hi - that's a Hroar Prydz mark.

~Cheryl

Hi ~ welcome to the forums.

It is pewter - try doing an internet search for 'Kayserzinn'...

~Cheryl

Don't see any problem with the suggested dating of the spoons, and you might find the old thread linked below interesting, despite the missing images - your spoons are typical of those discussed, and unless the pics are very deceptive, yours appear to be silverplate worn to brass, which isn't uncomm...

Hi Matthew - welcome to the forums. Well, this turned out to be an interesting little item... Believe this piece, decorated with an Egyptian scarab (khopruru/dung beetle), was some type of scent pendant, intended to hold a paper disc impregnated with 'Dongor Antiseptic Perfume' (would think intended...

Corn scraper.

~Cheryl

You're welcome, Guido - though it feels a bit like I've just been banging my head against a wall. No idea where the dates you mention came from, but they are incorrect...

~Cheryl

Sorry, I don't understand what mark you are referring to - the name on your box, 'Bigelow Kennard & Co.', dates from the 1860s until the firm went out business. The box was made no earlier than 1898, would have been purchased from Gorham for resale somewhere in the next 25-30 years, likely in th...

The style of your Gorham trademark did come into use right around 1900, but should keep in mind that the earlier trademark with 'unframed' elements was still used occasionally. The 'B' has nothing to do with 1869, those early date code letters were not combined with a production number; the letter p...

Heh - likely it was the backward 'K' that caused the problem...

~Cheryl

Hi - this piece is not American, nor Art Nouveau to my eye - it appears to read 'Π97', have seen similar marks on fairly recent Greek production, but perhaps others will take a look...

~Cheryl

Size is always helpful, but it looks like a marriage, with someone setting a salt cellar on top of the stand for a tea strainer...

~Cheryl

Eh, I'm sure that most who've dealt in silver for many years understand that feeling of just 'knowing' when picking up a piece, but have never known anyone who identified silver by its temperature in their hand. As said, silver has a high thermal conductivity, and since copper is almost as conductiv...