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Antique Questions Forum / Re: help identifying marks on 1862 German spoon

« on: January 18, 2015, 01:18:24 pm »

Quote from: wilhenri on January 18, 2015, 04:44:45 am

see if any of these pages help..http://www.925-1000.com/Fgerman_marks_b1884_6.html

I have looked through all those pages and couldn't find anything really close

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Antique Questions Forum / help identifying marks on 1862 German spoon

« on: January 17, 2015, 07:47:05 pm »

Hello all,
I recently came across a small silver spoon (5.25") from my grandmother. It is engraved with her family name, Fahrenholtz, and a year, 1862, although the last digit isn't exactly clear, I believe it is a 2. There are also two stamped marks that I can't seem to identify. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!

http://i.imgur.com/u2E22g2.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/eYZg6YW.jpg

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Antique Questions Forum / Presidential cigar plate

« on: August 19, 2013, 01:14:06 pm »

My friend at work gave me this cool looking plate with all the presidents up to Rutherford B Hayes present. Anyone know anything about it? Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

http://i.imgur.com/kjChIqk.jpg
Plate

http://i.imgur.com/3IcGsSR.jpg
George

http://i.imgur.com/4nC4lA8.jpg
Close up of some

http://i.imgur.com/T4uUpXd.jpg
Back

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Antique Questions Forum / Knife with Ivory/Bone handle? Don't know how to tell...

« on: June 01, 2012, 09:27:24 pm »

Found this knife today at a sale and picked it up, handle looks unique and I think it may be bone/ivory, maybe, but i dont really know how to tell. Half of surface seems fairly smooth, with a blue-ish, green-ish, purple-ish tint to it, almost like a mother of pearl shine to it, while the other half looks fairly rigid, almost like the grains are going a different way, so it made a weird pattern towards the one end. Anyway, here are some pictures, its hard to see the shine to the handle in them, but let me know what you think...

side one

side 2

closeups

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Antique Questions Forum / stamped volcano? date on back of mirror...1891?

« on: March 26, 2012, 02:49:15 am »

so Ive had this nice little vanity mirror for some time and was wondering if anyone recognized the stamp on the back of the mirror. It looks like an erupted volcano with the date 21 OCT 91...

any one have ideas on origin of maker? Here are a few other pics of the unassembled piece as I work on restoring it...

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Antique Questions Forum / help with the age of a couple of lamps

« on: March 08, 2012, 10:40:55 pm »

1st one is probably more popular and seen before,

2nd one is a little weirder, it's a log lamp? with 3 small holders that held a green putty-like material, I am guessing was to hold little fake plants and such. The only mark on it is a M-60 I found on the bottom after I pulled back the fabric. The piece looks almost brand new and I would have never suspected it to be very old, except for the plug and light socket, which looks a lot older than anything I have seen on a lamp before. Any thoughts?

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Help with a GUSTAVE KELLER portable desk for a car?

« on: March 08, 2012, 10:01:18 pm »

that thing is awesome! I want one!

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Antique Questions Forum / Cloisonne bowl UPDATE: translated; any further ideas?

« on: March 07, 2012, 10:01:47 am »

So a while back I posted about a cloisonne bowl I have, but couldnt figure out the mark on the bottom. Took it to someone at my college and they had it translated for me. Their response on the translation:
It says "fortune" . The character is written upside down. "Upside down"
sounds the same as the word "arrival". Therefore, when you read out "the
fortune is upside down" , it sounds like "the fortune is arrived".

Link to gallery pics: http://s206.photobucket.com/albums/bb226/Pantrwrstl/Antique%20buys/

So with this new information, does anyone have any news ideas about the age of this, or what the mark could mean or represent? Almost sounds like it should just be a fortune cookie bowl or something...

EDIT: from wiki - Fú dào le - 福到了 "fortune has arrived" and 福倒了 "fortune is upside down", the latter simply referring to the ubiquitous character 福, which when displayed upside down denotes one's good fortune has arrived. It is common practice to hang the character upside-down on doors during the Spring festival [5]

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Antique Questions Forum / Sward Hardness Rocker

« on: March 06, 2012, 01:44:34 pm »

Picked this up last night... I kind of know what it is, but can't find very much info on them. I see newer ones go for a decent amount of money, but again I couldnt find this particular one anywhere. The only thing I found was half an article on google books to which it cuts out before the bigger details, and an ad from a news paper from 1938 talking about it, but the site wouldnt let me look at the full size ad without paying for a membership. Sooo if anyone knows about it, especially a value I could possible place on it, I would be appreciative, thanks!

the liquid in both vials are all orange, I think the green is from the metal behind it

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: question about auction buyers fees

« on: March 05, 2012, 03:29:24 pm »

I know that almost everywhere around here charges the premium, but this place charges the tax on what you pay, and then the "10%" fee, which makes it a 10.875% fee, which is something i dont think any other place around here does...

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Antique Questions Forum / question about auction buyers fees

« on: March 05, 2012, 01:49:23 pm »

So at one of my local auctions i noticed recently that they charge their 10% buyers premium after tax is added. I had never seen this at other auctions i go to and when i asked they said it was new York state law and that's how they had to do it? Is there any truth behind this or are they scamming everyone out of another 1%, tax here is 8.75%

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: glass pattern identification

« on: March 05, 2012, 12:02:35 pm »

thanks for the response, I figured out what the T marking is on the bottom of the last 'bourbon bottle' is...

T, resembling an anchor, with smaller, angular M and C nestled underneath to the left and right (shown).........Thatcher Manufacturing Company/Thatcher Glass Mnfg. Corporation (c.1904-1985). First plant at Elmira, NY, but later many others were added including locations at: Kane, Pa; Streator, IL; Wharton, NJ; Mt. Vernon, OH; Lockport, NY; Clarksburg, WV; Olean, NY; Winchester, IN; Cedar Grove, WV; Parkersburg, WV; Lawrenceburg, IN; Muscatine, IA; Saugus, CA and Tampa FL. Mark is often indistinct and the 2 smaller letters may be illegible. This mark was first used about 1949 and is a variation on their earlier mark which was also MTC, but in a more legible format (see MTC mark).

Also the 62 signifies it was made in 1962...

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Antique Questions Forum / glass pattern identification

« on: March 04, 2012, 09:05:51 pm »

Couple new pieces I acquired and would like some help iding them if anyone could be of some assistance... first two are a little less exciting, second two I have more hope for...

Large Punch Bowl with 18 Glasses:

Set of 5 blue glasses, not sure if these are older or not, they seem like they are fairly new though...

Glass/crystal? decanter... possibly american brilliant cut? Tags around each decanter say B&B and Rum, respectively, both say Oakley China, Fine Bone China, Made in England on the back, I assume they were added later...

bottom

Taller skinnier decanter:

Bottom says: Federal Law Forbids Sale or Re-Use of this Bottle; 4301; 2, "large T symbol" with two other marks next to it, 62; D-126 X6

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Antique Questions Forum / help identifying stoneware marks 1 jug, 1 crock

« on: March 03, 2012, 01:21:48 pm »

any help with id-ing these two marks?

This one is about a 1 gallon jug. It looks older than most I have seen, with very small spiderweb-ish cracking to the glaze i believe? Nothing that damages the structure of beauty of it, as it is in perfect condition. The only mark on the is on the bottom, with the raised logo that looks like an urn.

The second one is a larger 4 gallon crock with a nice blue apple looking swirl on it, again it is in great condition structurally, but the outside has a bit of flaking to it, some which you can see in the painted design.