Old English-type child’s tablespoon having a pointed ovoid bowl and flared, rounded handle with shallow central ridge on front; no shoulders. No monograms. Back of handle stamped with a 4-leaf clover next to "ALUMINUM" and "GERMANY", both in raised sans serif letters in rectangular surrounds. One of a pair of child's spoons, 1986.0531.219A-B.
Old English-type child’s teaspoon having a pointed ovoid bowl and flared, rounded handle with shallow central ridge on front; no shoulders. No monograms. Back of handle stamped "GERMANY" in raised sans serif letters in a rectangular surround. One of a pair of child's spoons, 1986.0531.219A-B.
Dessert knife. Straight steel blade with rounded tip. Blade and bolster are one piece of steel fitted into a tapered block bone handle with chamfered edges and a blunt butt. Blade is discolored and scratched, bone is yellowed and cracked near bolster.
Blade is stamped: “CELEBRATED/CUTLERY”
Celebrated Cutlery was manufactured in Germany and Austria ca 1920 and imported by George Borgfeldt & Company of New York, a wholesaler and importer active ca 1895-1927.
Parcel-gilt, six-lobed circular sheet silver bowl with high-relief repousse chased clusters of fruit, including pomegranates, grapes, plums or peaches and other stone fruits, adorning the gold washed well and all lobes; no foot. Raised bead border around well. Well interior is struck incuse "800" next to a combined crescent moon and imperial crown (Reichsmark), a superimposed "GF" in six-pointed star and a "V" and three pierced hearts motif in circle. Three pseudo-hallmarks at rim interior of a crowned pinecone motif, superimposed "GF" in six-pointed star, and a fleur-de-lis motif in diamond or lozenge.
Small, rectangular case with pull-out holder featuring low-relief, stamped decoration on top of a four-passenger runabout or open-air car framed by a Nouveau-style border with empty reserve at top left. Reverse-hinged, internal cover automatically flips back when tab at end is pulled, revealing gold washed interior. Inside of interior cover is struck incuse near center "800".
Stamp box in the shape of a Swiss chalet, hinged at back along top balcony; slanted interior plate. Box is attached to a raised base in imitation of rocky terrain. Base underside is struck incuse "DEPOSE" in sans serif letters above a six-pointed star adjoining six-spoke wheel ("Wheel of Mainz" or "Mainzer Rad") next to a combined crescent moon and imperial crown (Reichsmark) over "800"; "38" stamped at lower right.
Holiday or Christmas ornament, hollow bisque-figure angel, standing, with hands up to prayer position, large wings on back. Blond hair, peach skin, blue eyes, white wings and robes. Framed with tinsel wire, arched around angel, no hook attached. No mark.
Molded glass holiday or Christmas ornament in the shape of a cob of corn. Painted yellow, with peach-pink stripe on one side, green leaves on either side, covered overall with granulated glass. Metal cap attached at top with thin bent wire loop for hanging. Cotton string attached to cap for hanging. No mark.
Open, oval cylindrical piercework frame or holder for a salt cellar or dish consisting of a seamed, stamped and pierced gallery featuring four laurel leaf swags suspended against vertical flutes between scrolled pilasters on four cast acanthus-covered ball feet. Sides bent perpendicular at bottom to create small ledge. Bottom underside struck with four marks between two legs, "WMFN" in incuse italic sans serif letters, upper eyelid motif in rounded rectangle, the incuse numerals "/IO", and "as" in an incuse lowercase typescript font.
Maker is Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik ("Metalware Factory of Wurttemberg") in Geislingen an der Steige, Germany; founded as Metallwarenfabrik Straub & Schweizer, changed name to WMF in 1880.
Large, single-reeded circular dish with an elaborate repoussé chased armorial device consisting of a quartered shield with quartered inescutcheon surmounted by six open or barred helmets, each with a different crest; rim below is chased in script "Carl Christian, Furst vom Nassau-Weilburg, 1754." No foot ring. Touch mark struck three times on underside, arranged in a circle, before decorated; consists of an oval containing the standing, winged figure of Justice with a spreadwing bird at lower left, the words "[???]ICK." and "ENGLISCH.ZINN." in reserves above and below.
Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg, was the first ruler of the Principality of Nassau-Weilburg from 1753 to 1788. Arms appear to be those of Nassau-Siegen with an inescutcheon of Limburg-Styrum. Pewterer's mark not identified.
Flattened circular, lidded and spout flagon with tall neck and double-domed, flared pedestal base; one side of body is inset with a circular armorial device consisting of a curved shield with lion rampant and an open or barred helmet facing left with foliate mantling surmounted by a ducal coronet (three strawberry leaves). Angular strap handle with banded ball thumb piece. Flat-top domed lid with flat rim clipped to a point at front. Two marks struck on top of handle, a rounded shield containing a crossed key and arrow with the letters "I M P", and an incuse key.
Mark possibly that of August Weygang, Jr. (1859-1946) of Öhringen, Germany, who continued his family's pewtermaking business, 1885-1946.
Five serpentine-lobed plate with molded rim and flat circular well; no foot ring. Touch mark stamped three times on underside, arranged in a circle; consists of a large oval containing the standing, winged figure of Justice with a leaping stag to lower left and "FEIN[I]SCH BLOCK [ZI]NN" in raised serif letters, upside down, in a curved reserve. Serif letters "FF" chased on rim underside.
Words in mark roughly translate to "finest block tin", which is a partially refined tin having few impurities (often cast in blocks); could also mean a fine grade of pewter (an alloy) with high percentage of tin.
Handleless, raised and repoussé chased covered cup with a large ball for the knop and three feet; gilt-washed interiors. Large flowers adorn the stepped-and-domed cover and tapered cylindrical body with flared rim and rounded bottom. Edge of cover fits over rim of body. Bottom underside struck with two marks, a raised serif "N" in a circle and fleur-de-lis in a rounded shield, flanking the centerpoint; a long sawtooth line or band is stamped below.
Made in Nuremberg (Nürnberg), but fleur-de-lis maker's mark not identified.
Single-reeded circular plate with a high-relief, chased and repoussé design of fruits and vegetables clustered around a five-petaled flower, bordered by punchwork dots; no foot ring. Rounded booge has twelve, large gadroons or spiraling lobes. Underside stamped before decorated with a touch mark of a spreadwing eagle, head facing left and scepter in right talon, between the raised serif letters "CBB" above and "[B]AYREUTH" below, all in a conforming surround. One of two plates, DL*387155A-B.
Broad-rim circular plate engraved on its face with an undulating vine of flowers and clusters of grapes or berries, amidst which a dog chases a boar at top left and a stag runs at top right; the crowned pointed shield at top center is stamped "I", "D", "N" in raised serif letters, each inside a shaped surround. Plain, shallow, flat well; no foot ring. Underside of rim has two partial touch marks at top, a crowned Tudor rose flanked by "P" and "S", the other an oval mark with undecipherable figure.
Single-reeded circular plate with a high-relief, chased and repoussé design of fruits and vegetables clustered around a pomegranate, bordered by punchwork dots; no foot ring. Rounded booge has twelve, large gadroons or spiraling lobes. Underside incised with a pair of lines and stamped before decorated with touch mark "I.C / GRUNE / WALD / [??]1(0?)" in raised serif letters within a laurel wreath. One of two plates, DL*387155A-B.
Handleless, tapered cylindrical cup or tumbler with three low-relief panels depicting a golfer mid-backswing atop a coordinate globe, a seated putti holding a cup, and a second putti pushing grapes into an ewer, all in rectangular scroll-bordered reserves. Plain rim and base; inset, slightly convex bottom. No marks.
Small, blunt-blade knife fitted with a sheet steel guard and stamped banded bolster, and into a faceted wood or horn handle, tapered rectangular in section, with rounded-over end. No marks.