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it could be a simple netsuke. Though in form it would be early 1800's the kanji appears to be stamped.

Amena, a lot depends on the copyright laws of the country where the book was published. Most countries recognize the 27-year copyright limit anything older than that (that has not been issued as a new edition) may be shared. Many countries do not make a distinction for electronic versus hard copies ...

Technique, yes, solution, no. The acid that would test 18kt gold is much stronger than used on silver. Silver is typically tested with a solution that give a colour change to indicate % of silver content.

There should be any number of books of it, and I know it is often included in more general jewelry making books post 1985. I learned about it a long time ago when in university, when we had to make our own electro-conductive lacquer from finely powdered copper and shellac. Untracht's Concepts and Te...

It appears to be a cheek-plate for a bridle. The broken wires would have gone through the leather and been curled to secure them. I have made and repaired many like this over the years.

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!! How wonderful. Thanks to both of you.

That is Towle's fiddle-thread pattern.

Grape hanger.

Those are referred to as cordials, they are spun from sheet stock. That style became popular in the 50's. It should not eb difficult to find a 4th.

For skewering the olive or onion in a martini. I had a set of 12 halberds and 12 swords once, unsure where they went, they just kept disappearing...

Often at Towle dies that had been in production for a long time would lose some of their marks. If a tiny piece of the pattern date became damaged they would simply stone off that mark and keep using the die. Damage to either the T-lion and the sterling stamp would lead to the die being destroyed, B...

Maybe an ear-scoop? without the hole there are other would be several nefarious possibilities.

Happy Christmas from New Hampshire!

I would start with size. pepper pots are typically smaller with top in proportion to the body with small often uniform holes making a pattern (small to prevent larger pieces of pepper from over-spicing the food or breaking a tooth). Typically a sugar caster is larger and hast the taller top as Chery...

I agree Cheryl, exactly what it looks like.

So many possibilities...

I wondered the same Cheryl, that edge looks a bit wonky to me.

Honey, or some other sweet, sticky syrup.

I would say the paper reacts much more slowly, but better yellowed paper than heavily oxidized silver.

If you were writing on velum you would need that to use after any erasure. To erase ink from velum you scrape it with a small knife then re-burnish the erased surface of the velum before writing.They often came in sets of burnisher and knife, occasionally as one tool, knife on one end, burnisher on ...