This jug is a real cunundrum.This is my first try on this site and am hoping for an opinion on this piece.I have sent pics. of this unit all over and no one as of yet can come up with a similar item or its origons.Decoration is under glaze and true black,parting line in center so its hand tossed not cast.Handle is offset it IS A LEFT HAND jug!.Glazed on inside also in black,clay that was used looks pretty white compared to what is locally used in Ontario.The jug has no chips or cracks which is not uncommon for a collectors jug, I was going to ''chunck'' it to see if its stoneware but didn't.Sent pics. to a couple of Antique Roadshow guys they feel its legitimate and not a repro. but without another example seen they cant really establish its origons.Has anybody ever seen another like this.Some people think the bird is a family crest and not a revolutionary eagle.I figure its a whiskey jug.Found in southern Ontario Canada.

Large framed signed Turner cockatoo birds print with marble like mirrors on each side

This is a beautiful set.  There is a letter z or n on the bottom of each piece.  I would love to find out the pattern name and who the painter was.

This is a really cool little plate.It appears to be hand tooled as the piercings are bent through the back side of the piece and the stamped pattern appear in reverse on the back side. My first impression was that it was solid silver vs. silver plated and my gut tells it is. It is non magnetic and there is no sign of the silverplating ( if thats what it is) wearing through. What's got me stumped is the "hallmark" if you can call it that. See the picture. All it has is the word "silver" stamped or engraved on the back in the center. I have spent hours trying to find a reference to that simple mark with no luck. Can anyone help me find out more about this neat little plate?

I have about 30 of them. The pics are pretty amazing to look at. My father said they are from the korean war, it was going on right before world war 2.

This is an Atlantic Stove Company Stove.  Later named Portland Stove Foundry Company.  It is the Franklin #3 model.  Missing the air-flow regulator door on the bottom- but otherwise in working order.