Two beautiful still paintings signed by what looks like "A M Robbe"? Not sure if that was an early signature of Manuel Robbe or not? Also signed "14 Aout 1917" which is August 14, 1917. I don't know enough about paintings to tell if these are oils, but the paint does have a slight texture to it and a bit of a sheen with some the colors when you tilt the painting to the side. The canvas seems old, as it has some stencil imprints on the back that say "fine" and the back of the canvas has an antique golden hue to it. One of the paintings has two small pin holes, one on each side of the painting, as if it had had another frame application at one point. One of the paintings has a small press point in the center as if it was stored on top of something. For the most part, you can just feel it a little bit and not see it. I believe these paintings were meant to be hung together and will be sold as a pair. These paintings would look lovely in a French Country kitchen.

I was told this belonged to my grandmother. It might have been given to her by my greatgrandmother.

I found quite a few cups and saucers and some other fine china with my mother's belongings. She told me that they were given to her by her mother and grandmother. I think this piece is between 50 & 100 yrs old.

I have 1 leather ladies boot, I believe it is from the mid to late 1800's, possibly early 1900's.  Pics at the bottom of thread.

I have already contacted Brown Shoe Company in Missouri.  They told me a little history of the company and sent me a link to kovels.com and said I would find my information here.  I tried searching the price guides, but no luck.  I have posted it on kovels and now I am posting it here in the hopes that someone reading this will be able to lead me in the right direction.

I can still read the information on the sole.  It has the same exact style logo as all of the Hamilton Brown Shoe Company logos I see on the internet, but the information is different.

On the top of the logo on this shoe it says "Hamilton Brown Shoes", on the bottom of the circle between the ribbons it says "Makers", and in the middle it says Hamilton.

Most of the logos I see on the internet are as follows:  The top says "Hamilton Brown", bottom says "shoe co" and in the middle it will say either "Makers", "Quality", or "Gentleman".

The major difference I see is that the one on the bottom of my boot does not depict the word company "co".  Could this be made sometime before they considered themselves a company?  Maybe Hamiltom and Brown was private coblers before they opened their first factory in 1893?

I am just trying to do a little history research on this boot to get an idea of its possible value.  I have never really dealt a lot with antiques, especially boots and shoes. 

The condition is no where near new looking, the leather is dried and cracked, the top around the ankle support is ripped some, and the shoe lace is in two pieces, though it does still have both of the metal aglets and all of the metal eyelets.  The sole is complete, but not in excellent shape and the heal is dried and cracked.

This is a unique tea set from the Qing Dynasty, have not found any others exactly like this as it has a special gold coin in the top of the teapot lid, handles have hands on them, and the vase seems to be some kind of wedding vase.  I think this set was a special gift to an emperial family of the Qing Dynasty, however, I have no verification of this. 

I dug this up at a digging spot of ours, and that dump site was dated back in the mid 1800 era. The necklace is all there in one piece it is still wearable, which I have done once and it fit almost like a choker necklace, but it fit around my necklace losely and the stones hang very nicely on the chest.

Anyway I dug this up about 9 years or so , The necklace itself has no rust or tarnish, so it has to be silver I guess. But it was kinda dirty when I dug it up 8 feet down in the ground right in the middle of this dump site. My husband and I are clue less about it. I'll send a close up of necklace part (the metal), and a close up of the stones and the silver setting and onee of the hole thing. I hope you can help us