Featured Finds Thread

If this is made the way I think it is, have seen that safety mechanism on late Victorian pieces. I have one that works that way; definitely don't worry the pin will come open.

 

Try Hibernia for the mark on the spoon. It's Irish, so actually of more worth, being rarer. Hang on a mo', I'll see if I can find the date and maker.

 

Oh, and the crest is an Irish wolfhound, too.

 

I suspect 1857, with a slightly off cartouche shape. It's either that or 1907.

 

Had a good weekends shop. 3venues. Paid very little (£1.50) for the 30 inch Bakelite and coral. The modern ring was £5, alas only CZ but I only paid £1 for the turquoise and seed pearl ring. The silver bangle and brooches total cost was £1.80 and scrap gold £2.
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Found a Wilendur Tablecloth still in the package today. Woo Hoo.

 

Nice! I like that cherry prystal necklace Houseful scored. (and the corals of course, can't slight those.)

This is definitely moss agate, and Scottish wouldn't surprise me in the least. How the blazes they landed in the Netherlands is anyone's guess. Dutch tourist souvenir maybe?

Bedarned but she is Hibernia. The marks are blurry, but there can't be that much Irish Britannia grad silver around. The wolfhound might point somewhere too. It's the right size for a souvenir spoon, but it could be a salt spoon too I suppose.

 

I think more likely a demi tasse spoon from a larger set. The crest is probably the Kelly family.

 

We have an old trade alliance with Scotland dating back to the Middle Ages (and before). Many Scots fled to the Netherlands after the 1745, and we still have many Scottish surnames, albeit 'Dutchified'. It is also one of the favourite tourist destinations of the Dutch.
Culross, a Scottish town with Dutch architectural influence and rooftiles:


The 'Scottish Houses' in Veere, the Netherlands, built as warehouses for Scottish goods.

 

....and you also get Dutch gables on period houses in London!

 

Gotta say, I'm seeing the same as AJ on the spoon - Carrington & Co., London, Britannia, 1907. The design is based on a late 17th century trefid spoon - if in the area of 4" long, with the round bowl that looks a bit deep, would suggest a condiment or salt spoon...

~Cheryl

 

I'd missed AJs reply, let me go stare again. It does look Irish tho'.

 

Under a 40x loupe, that mark really does look more like Hibernia than Brittania.

 

Found at a flea this weekend, a cut glass lay down perfume with silver mounts by Simons Brothers:

 

Nice furniture find this week. Solid mahogany, 6' long, and about 4 1/2' tall. Bought at the Salvation army for $125. Found out it had been sitting there over a week. Can only think the size might have been a bit of a detriment to some.

 

Fifty pounds of tin foil in rough shape

 

Sorry if I sound stupid, or I am missing the joke, but what does one do with 50 pounds of tin foil in any shape?

And is it tin foil or aluminum foil?

 

It is tin. Probably was part of cigarette packages back in the day.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/5-LBS-TIN-...720992?hash=item23b92f01e0:g:8sAAAOSwWtpcbtcb

 

Well, let's look at it then - the first mark is a 'lion head erased', used on Britannia standard silver assayed in London, so it would not have Hibernia, which would indicate assay at the Dublin office (and would also have a 'crowned harp' indicating sterling), the 'm' date letter is correct for 1907 London, but not for any Irish date letters, and the London-based Carrington & Co. mark is correct for the 1907 dating.

The link posted by AJ for Britannia marks (along with other links as well): http://www.ascasonline.org/articoloagosto86.html

~Cheryl

 

Interesting about the tin, thank you!