I had found this box at an antique store and I only paid $6.00 for it, but we think it may be real silver. I had thought it was just metal but it's too heavy to be metal.
It has an oil-like color. If you look at it from different angles it turns different colors. The main color is a dark purple/blue but its easy to see light blue highlights when viewed in daylight. On both side is a painting of flowers, it pops out from the teapot a bit. There are some markings on the bottom I can't read. I thought it looked like numbers maybe? They pop out from the teapot too. It also says it was made in Japan.
I was told that it was an early 1900s childrens school desk. It has an iron cast plate under the seat that I was told the teachers would place hot coals onto to keep the students warm during class.
This is an African American babydoll,likely porcelin (doesn't seem heavy enough to be china). It was my grandmothers doll, she told me she played with it as a child, it may have been passed down to her. It is not broken, but has peeling on the head and face that has occurred over the last couple of decades in storage. The arms,legs and head are attached with an elastic system within the doll, I have shown it in a picture. The system is intact though the elastic may not be as tight as I remember it as a child ( I also played with this doll). The torso and limbs are 100% except for a two pinhead size nicks on one toe. The doll has three tuffs of black yarn hair and has metal earrings. The eyes (closed) are painted on.
This doll belonged to my grandmother....she told me she played with it as a child. I believe it is porcelin, it does not feel heavy enough to be china....though my grandmother always called them the china dolls. It is not broken, but has areas that have the surface peeling off, mostly around the face, head and on the legs and feet. These have happened in storage over the past couple of decades. The body is stuffed, the head, arms and legs are breakable. It has a visible disc under the surface of its stuffed back that would appear to have made it a musical or possibly a crying doll at one time. I also played with it as a child and do not remember it making any noise at that time. I cannot find any markings, year or company etc anywhere on the doll. It is a full size baby doll. The eyes open and close, it has visible teeth inside an open mouth, there is slight damage to one finger, it looks like a small chunk as broken off.
