This rare sword is from the Qing Dynasty Period of 1644 to 1911, and is definetly connected to the Tao religion, on the ivory hilt there is six stories of the Eight Emmortals, beautifully scrimshawed into the ivory hilt and five incircled crosses on the ivory handle and butt of the handle, which represents the five sacred mountains, this sword is of musem quality.  

a gift from years back.  saw item on eveready company website, but didn't give current value of item

I'm looking for what this item is currently worth

Lamp that the base is made of metal, it has broze glass with a light inside and the neck is made of metal also.  lamp is in very good condition.  it looks very pretty when the bottom is lit up at night by its self. the number on the bottom is 145-4-5X.

I contacted the expert in Germany to find out about the pottery mark because I was having a difficult time with researching it. Her name is Andrea Hanold and she was more than helpful in identifying the years it was manufactured and has authored a book on Schonwald porcelain. She said it was the form rom and that the decorcation  looked to be made for the export?

This is a thin blade and handle hatchet made out of Iron, not really sure what type of metal it is.  Looks to be a bone or antler handle.  It has  the words othello solingen on one side below a picture of a head and the other side has writing also but I can only make out a few letters due to the rust on it.  I didn't want to rub or clean thinking I might hurt it more.

Copper or brass elephant?