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Chess game pieces.

I can't tell precisely from your photo's, but that object looks very similar in size, shape and design to one I had several years ago -- mine was made of frosted glass with a dull metallic appearance. The vertical seams may indicate it is molded and the thickness of the material may be another indic...

Hi Holly Sorry for the delay in response -- traveling out of town and away from computer. Many thanks for the additional insight. This site is a great resource, mostly because members like you take the time to share your knowledge and provide information which would otherwise be difficult to obtain....

Trev - not Byron, my bad, sorry Trev

http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc153/TheoryofI/pin03.jpg Hello Holly If this is the area you were looking at for marks, I'm pretty sure it was artefacts as you mentioned. I'm not only out-voted, but out-smarted yet again-- you, Tom and Byron are undoubtedly correct... I concede they are Chinese...

kerangoumar wrote:Jim - are those marks I see on the back of the pin in the second picture??

Hi Holly,

I couldn't see any marks mostly because the soldering work was poorly done and covered so much area -- I'll try again with more magnification and see if anything shows.

Thanks and regards,

Jim

Hi, Nice granulation work, I'd guess they are of Chinese or southeast Asian origin. Regards, Tom Hi Tom I was guessing Central or South American Indian because I keep thinking I've seen artwork or similar symbolic motifs from the region, but without any real conviction about it... now that you poin...

Hello Trev

Poultry skewers huh... :)}

I'm sure you are right, but hair pins (grips) would have been my second guess, because I thought the pointy ends could have proved painful under some circumstances.

Thanks for steering me in the right direction.

Jim

http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc153/TheoryofI/hatpin01.jpg http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc153/TheoryofI/hatpin02.jpg Another puzzling (for me anyway) jewelry item -- I think they're hat pins, and made of sterling but there are no marks I can find, and I have no other information about th...

Hi Holly

Needless to say, I couldn't have done it without your sage advice.

Thanks and best regards,

Jim

Pat and Tom.

My thanks to both of you for the advice.

I've already used PhotoBucket and posted one picture with good results, though I will miss FreeShare for it's simplicity and ease of use.

I intend to look into the 'allyoucanupload' site as well.

Thanks again and regards,

Jim
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Hi kerangoumar Once again, thank you for your considered and informative reply. The links are very much improved but I may repeat the process once more to see if I can get the last few tiny crumbs in the crevices ;} I have a lot to learn about silver collecting, having just started recently, and thi...

Hi Byron I just found out what the item probably is: As I understand it, in the 1940's and '50's women used these as hair accessories or pins for holding a single braid at the back of the head -- There would have been a bar or pin inserted through the holes in either side of the shell to anchor the ...

Hello kerangoumar

Thank you for the cleaning prescription. The links seem quite sound, and are soaking as I write.

Do you have a guess as to when or in what era this style of accessory might have been popular? They appear fairly old, but that's only speculation of course.

Thanks again,

Jim

http://m1.freeshare.us/173fs137590.jpg Hi I'm not able to find any marks on them, so I don't know if these cuff links are European, or American or from somewhere else... this may not be the right forum, sorry. I'm wondering if anyone can provide any information about them, particularly age or perio...

http://m1.freeshare.us/172fs775772.jpg http://m1.freeshare.us/172fs776425.jpg I think this could be some kind of clothing accessory, but I really don't know what it was used for. It has no marks I could find, but I believe it is sterling. It is about 2 - 5/8" in diameter, and the center openin...

http://m1.freeshare.us/170fs505155.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; http://m1.freeshare.us/170fs506315.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; These are hollow ware spoons that I think may have been made in India or SE Asia. I have 20 pieces but no in...

Riddle solved.

Thanks Pat.

Any info about this mark/company will be appreciated.
Thanks
Jim