White porcelain set with 9ct gold trim 12 plates, 12 side plates, 12 halfround side plates, 12 dessert bowls, 12 cups and saucers, 2 serving bowls, salt and pepper pots, full tea set. Mint condition. Will post photos t later stage.
I thought maybe it was Shiva, Jakarata region has had a few with the belief she was 3 - it was particularily popular 1300-1600. The elephants clue to that region, but I really don't know, and I really don't know what it is! The top is sort of flattened over the head and neck, that an iron rod could have gone across, as in one of a pair of andirons things. The lighting is bad, it's not as yellowing as it looks in my pictures! It could just as well be a horse post tie for next to a door outside for all we know!
The eagle (hawk?) is bronze, but I'm not sure what the statue part is. Hard, as there is very little damage to it (nicks), it surely looks hand carved. For lack of better, we refer to it as the "thing".
Any information would be appreciated, and maybe a guess at value as we plan on retiring in about 10 years and I think this piece will be too heavy to bother moving with us!
This bed is made out of solid oak and weighs around 400 punds. We bought it in or around 1996 but it has no nicks, scraps, or any other marks on the bed. The matress and box spring does not come with the bed. It also has solid oak side rails. The top of the head board and the top of the foot board are both carved with scrolls, leaves and acorns.
The set includes a tea pot, creamer and sugar bowl. They each have a single flower with leaves to the left and right on both sides. The imprint on the bottom is a shield and within the shield say Rogers, Smith & Co. / Meriden,CT/ Quadruple. Under the shield 1800 and under that U.S.A. The imprint is not on the tea pot. I am very curious as to when it was made, and what the value might be.
From the research I've done, I know it is silverplated and the 1800 is the pattern # not the year it was made (unfortunately). I know the company was founded in 1857 in Hartford, CT and didn't move to Meriden, CT until 1876. They were bought by International Silver in 1897. I don't know it they continued to use the same imprint after that. If they didn't then the date would be between 1876-1897.
