Are you sure it is silver, not silver plated (or any of the other silver imitation metal alloys that are quite common in Germany)? If it is German...
I am still convinced that the case itself is the real thing, i.e. made by Scheid around 1920 +/- 10-15 years But as I have written above, I have...
The eagle is definitively a fake (Look at the pour quality of the enamel). Given the pictures above it is difficult to say if the rest is genuine...
The stone is not jade, it could be glass or a green-coloured agate
I hate to spoil the party, but Scheid has never worked for Fabergé, Bolin or any other Russian (court) jeweller. There is no doubt that the case...
These are instructions on how the print should be framed.
because of the number stamped at the bottom. Wilkens numbered all their hollow ware pieces... the last item produced in 1892 has the numer 89797,...
the marks indicate Germany, 925 for sterling silver and 585 for 14k gold.
The water pitcher was made in 1893
That was quick! Thanks a lot!
I have a set of cufflinks and studs (unfortunately three studs have been lost over time). They seem to depict a city or an exhibition/fair. I have...
Let's agree to disagree
I beg to differ, both brooches have been cast with a technique developed in the 1950s. In the 1970s and 1980s many reproductions of older pieces...
Sometimes there is an additional gilding on top of the gold. The gilding usually is fine gold (999) or another very high fineness (900 and...
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