Featured A small 1800s Scottish horn and silver vinaigrette.

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  1. kyratango

    kyratango Bug jewellery addiction!

    Bought this ravishing unmarked small thing on EBay France, described only as "boite en corne" aka horn box! No mention of repoussé silver nor stone, nor the pierced lid...
    I hoped to get it for 50€ till the last minute... Happily I sniped high, because I wanted it badly:sorry:... Ended at 200€:smuggrin:
    :punch::rage: other hunters who stumble on bad descriptions;)
    Found the exact same, 5cm too, for sale currently for........... 950£:muted::wideyed::rolleyes:
    https://www.gcohen.co.uk/vinaigrettes/scottish-silver-and-horn-vinaigrette-c1810.html
    HAPPY!:)

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  2. sabre123

    sabre123 Well-Known Member

    It's stunning, kyra! Congrats
     
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  3. Lucille.b

    Lucille.b Well-Known Member

    Amazing! Well done. :)
     
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  4. johnnycb09

    johnnycb09 Well-Known Member

    Fabulous !
     
    johnnycb09, Oct 27, 2020
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  5. moreotherstuff

    moreotherstuff Izorizent

    Beautiful. I've heard stones in pieces like that referred to as cairn gorms. Is it hallmarked?
     
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  6. KikoBlueEyes

    KikoBlueEyes Well-Known Member

    Great hunting!
     
    KikoBlueEyes, Oct 27, 2020
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  7. Rec

    Rec Well-Known Member

    well done Kyra!
     
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  8. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    Yup, Cairngorm. You stole that. ;)
     
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  9. bercrystal

    bercrystal Well-Known Member

    Congrats on the win!!! :wideyed::wideyed::woot::woot::woot::woot:

    That is a beauty for sure & it does not look to need any TLC on your part either. :happy::happy::happy:
     
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  10. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    & here I thought is was a Snuff Mull.............
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    Way to go all in on something you did not want to get away , Kyra !!!!!!
    :happy::happy::happy::happy:;);)
     
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  11. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    My heart missed a beat there, gorgeous!:happy: And a bargain.
    Not all Scottish provincial silver is marked.

    Cairngorm is the name for several stones found in the Cairngorms, a mountain range in Scotland. Cairngorms are mostly smokey quartz or citrine.
     
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  12. kyratango

    kyratango Bug jewellery addiction!

    No mark at all... I suppose it is a cairngorm as, with the thistles, Scottish origin is sure:joyful:
     
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  13. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Yes it is definitely a cairngorm, and a traditional Scottish horn item, although these are usually snuff mulls, as komo said.
     
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  14. kyratango

    kyratango Bug jewellery addiction!

    Haha! This one is a snuff mull!:)
     
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  15. kyratango

    kyratango Bug jewellery addiction!

    Thank you!!! I have (somewhere...:bucktooth::facepalm:) a similar snuff mull!:)

    Thank you all for thinking I did well at 200€, I never bought a vinaigrette, and really hoped to get it for 50€:hilarious:

    For the kyratisation, it needed to get rid of all the dried polish residues, and the ring had been crushed flat:nailbiting:
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  16. popsycat

    popsycat Well-Known Member

    Well spotted.
     
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  17. pearlsnblume

    pearlsnblume Well-Known Member

    Nicely done.
     
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  18. Wendlekins

    Wendlekins Active Member

    Really nice piece
     
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