Help with inscription on small Spanish cannon

July 22nd, 2011

I need help with some initials(?) on a small Spanish bronze cannon barrel. Provenance: Complete cannon sent from US Army officer who captured it in

Norway under attack

July 22nd, 2011

Bombs in Oslo. Shootings at kids summer camp, Al Queda suspected of hitting soft targets. Put your news on.I`ve made friends with 25 letters

Furniture described as "Continental"

July 22nd, 2011

What exactly does that mean? How do you know if it is European, Amercian, etc?

Tiger Maple 2 Drawer Stand

July 21st, 2011

Hi. I picked up this little 2 drawer tiger maple stand today and was hoping to get some opinions on it. From what I see, it has obviously been

Help identification

July 21st, 2011

Can anyone tell me if the characters are Chinese or Japanese and what do they say. What is this piece?

Asian pottery, is it antique?

July 21st, 2011

Hello, I bought this at a thrift store. The Pottery board people said it is Asian and the maker is Meng Chen. Does anyone have more info on this

DURBAR No 2 Vase

July 21st, 2011

I just purchased a beautiful vase from an estate auction. On the bottom it has DURBAR No. 2., with 2838 in little gold written numbers. I tried

Quick question about some CDVs – age

July 21st, 2011

Do most of these look like mid 1800s – Civil War era? A few of them have Revenue stamps, but I don’t know if that means anything. “Any

Trident Fork Identification help needed.

July 21st, 2011

Can anyone help identify what this fork was used for, or called? It is 7-3/4″ long, just trying to figure out what the correct term to use in

Vintage Mexico-Taxco Items..ID Help?

July 21st, 2011

The pin has an Eagle mark & I can not make out the rest??..The spoon is marked “Ideal” ??