Featured Finds Thread

And over there solicitors write law instead of being written up for breaking it with ladies of the evening.

 

When I was in America I recall being surprised by roadside signs saying No Solicitors. "That's a bit Harsh", I thought.

Please note that what Macadam invented was essentially a gravel road, it took the addition of tar to seal the top layer to give us Tarmacadam, or tarmac.

The word truck has pretty well taken over from lorry in local vernacular because there are so many handy words it rhymes with.

 

Love the jewelry and the cats!

Possibly Vendome on the white tiered bib necklace?
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That's a good possibility. It could be from one of the gazillion Rhode Island jobbers too, but Vendome is a good guess.

 

One for the history lovers Got a snuff box in my possession, now all the info I could find is this :

An 18th century snuff box, the lid with relief decoration depicting Admiral Lord Nelson, Duke of Bronti (sic) and scribed accordingly, 3 cm (h) x 6.6 cm (diam) - by repute an artefact from one of Nelson's flagships, probably the Foudroyant and subsequently appraised by BBC Antiques Roadshow expert


Is this true or accurate at all ?

 

No clue - they made a ton of Nelson items in the Regency era after he died at Trafalgar. It might well be that old, but the rest of the story would need documentation. Here's one in the V&A that's original; yours could be a copy. http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O78488/snuff-box-unknown/

 

Hmm, thank you for the reply first of all

As far as I'm aware the one on your link is one of the first official souvenir items. There's loads of different designs on the side of the box afterwards, they are all replicas.

But there's 2 interesting facts about mine which makes me believe that it is what they say, first, there's no craving on the side of the box and secondly, the Sicilian spelling of "BRONTI", instead of Bronte(international name) found on reproduction boxes.

So is definitely from Sicily.

 

Nelson was never a British duke, he was the first Viscount Bronte. Duke of Bronti sounds like a mash up, even though he did have that foreign title.

 

you might not be right on that

WIKI :

In July 1799, Nelson was created Duke of Bronté (Duca di Bronté), of the Kingdom of Sicily (after 1816, existing in the nobility of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies), by the King Ferdinand, and after briefly experimenting with the signature "Brontë Nelson of the Nile" signed himself "Nelson & Brontë" for the rest of his life.


Other reference :

As a token of his thanks, on 3rd September 1799, King Ferdinand I made Nelson the Duke of Bronte (a small town on the north-western foothills of Mount Etna) where still today it is possible to visit Il Castello di Nelson.

 

So is definitely from Sicily.


But does not say Duca di Bronti.

 

Hmm, true that I'm even more confused now

 

What does the flip side of the lid look like? What does the box look like from the side. What are the materials? Size?

What did the RS expert say?

 

Material is brass, height is 3cm and 6.6cm dia.


I found that description on an reputable auction house website, they been auctioning one of these, in poor condition, with solder repairs to the lid and the box as well, pretty beaten up with an estimate value of £100-£200.

 

& what did it actually sell for ?

 

I have no idea, the auction happened a few years ago

 

A few things to show. All are thrift store finds unless indicated otherwise.

This pair of limited edition serigraphs by Steven Doyle depict the letters R and C in a Celtic inspired script. Bought for $2.00 each.



I picked up 4 of these Fostoria crystal dessert (?) stems and 12 matching goblets for 50 cents each. I see some sellers calling this a Pine pattern but they look more like wind-blown seeds to me


These three pieces of NA pottery were $3.00 for all. The Acoma jar is by Jose Antonio. The Cherokee vase is by Louise Bigmeat Maney. The bowl is unsigned and I am not sure of origin as of yet. Anyone recognize it?


This Fire King Casserole was $3.00. The 1889 patent biscuit (donut?) cutter was a quarter. Should I try to clean the rust off on this? Think I may have some naval jelly somewhere.


Lastly, I picked up this MCM lamp from another dealer for $20.00. Looks to be a Robert Sonneman knock-off.

 

I wouldn't mess with the cookie cutter; it took it over 100 years to look that bad.

 

That's a crumby thing to say....

 

I picked up 4 of these Fostoria crystal dessert (?) stems and 12 matching goblets for 50 cents each. I see some sellers calling this a Pine pattern but they look more like wind-blown seeds to me

These are indeed Fostoria Pine Gray Cutting 835. This pattern was made from 1953 to 1972. They are done on blank 6052 1/2. The sherbets are listed at 4 3/8" & hold 6 1/2 ounces.

Peggy