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Stylisticly it is modern, within the past 20 years, a fairly common design, but not by any of the bigger Americain casting houses, they all mark their castings in the mould and typically most jewelers would not take the time to remove the marks. Unusual to have it set with semi-precious stone as the...

Citrine, most likely, and the zoning is a common tell-tale sign. Yellow sapphire would be more brilliant, especially with the baguettes (are half of them missing?). Topaz is to brittle to be channel set. Almost impossible to tell from a photograph.

The mark I do not recognise, sorry.
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Thank you for the information. I now have some points to continue my research.

This box is was acquired in Tehran a long time ago. It is four-inches square and stand one-inch high, weight is 9-ounces. The scene on the top is of ten scholars with books. Most of the surfaces are chassed, pricked, and punched in fairly fine detail. I am trying to identify the four marks on the bo...

I would call that a threaded cann. But I suspect that is more regional in name.
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Another: Florentine finish: an engraved finish applied with an engravers line graver that cuts two to twelve lines with each pass. The piece is engraved in one direction of parallel passes, the item is turned thirty-three to forty-five degrees and cross-engraved. A brush, would give a satin sinish a...

One other item. Your defination of bleeding bowl should include the following: Bleeding bowl: a piece of medical equipment use to measure the amount of blood lanced from a patient mistakenly undertaken to relieve fevers and “cure” other ailments. They are rare but I have handled several in silver (w...

Epergne: an ornate centerpiece consisting of a frame supporting dishes, vases, and/or candleholders in tiers around a central focal point (either a larger container or ornamental motif). Ferrule: The metal collar that joins a handle to a shaft, often found between a cane and its handle, also on para...

They were origionally sold as jade or emerald depending where they were bought, most were made in the 50's and later.

A golf scorekeeper... there are 18 holes. If so on hole 10 he is way over par!
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Baleen, the horny, tooth-like plates growing from the upper jaws of certain whales, allowing them to strain food from ocean water. Usually dark in colour Bezel, A solid or pierced metal band soldered on edge to a backing and bent inward to secure a stone cut en cabochon. Caster, an ornamental contai...

Tom, are you also collecting alternate maker's stamps? I have a few pieces that show stamp from your listed makers, but are different, ie. I have a large spoon by G.H.Whitford of Concord, NH, The G.H.Whitford mark is not shown on your list, I assume it is from the period of 1853 to 1856 when he had ...

I found this "Elisa Egalon, a Parisian jeweler in business at 14 rue Rambuteau, beginning 19 July 1889." the device between the 2 letters being a corperal's braid (though most detail is lost, I put it under my 20x diamond loupe, which showed the bottom edges to be finely scalloped, as in t...

Jeff, the G.W.Fairchild & Sons does appear to be the retailer's stamp. As for the shape being different it could either be a master butter, or a creamed cheese knife.
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Thank you Admin, I have bookmarked that site and will explore it, merci. Cheryl, that is as close a picture as my digital cemera will take the mark is tiny, it appears to be either E\/E or O\/E with the \/ section being a raised shape like an open parachute. Under 10X loupe it is hard to tell of the...

I am hoping that someone recognises the makers mark which would help me date the piece. All I know is that it was made after 1838 and prior to 1945 when the last owner acquired it. Hose_dk I assumed it was a sommelier's tastevin, the pervious owner used it as an ashtry. I have an English chain from ...

A small cup that tests to 800/1000, marked on the loop handle with Minerva with the small o for coin nd a makers mark in lozenge of E\/E or O\/E hard to tell, they stamped on the round wire of the handle. The 2 couns in the base have the interior coin inset into the obverse of the coin showing on th...

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This spoon came to me with some family items. In researching who it may have belonged to I first tried identifying the origin. This led to two questions: 1. It appears to have been made by John Graham of Edinburgh who was known to work from 1805-1809 however the shields for the thistle and year lett...