Metal lamp (brass or iron) of unknown origin.  Markings on bottom look like painted on: GV   18/10/61.  I have no idea what that means.  The cherub has some sort of enamel coating for color, but the lamp is very heaby, solid metal of some type.

Charcoal under glass.  5' high by 3 1/2' wide.  Antique glass is warbled and has bubbling.  Portrait in excellent condition, signed and dated: Mary Ball '99 (1899)

I have 4 Tony the Tiger cereal bowls and 3 Toucan Sam cereal bowls. I noticed on the bottom of each bowl, there are 2 words misspelled - NOUSEWARES instead of Housewares & MTCROWAVE instead of Microwave. They are all in pretty good condition - some paint worn off on the inside of the bowls, 1 has a chip on top rim & 1 has a chip on bottom rim.

It is an 1899 model. 17 Jewels. Size is 16. Plate is 3/4. Grade no. 625 That's all I can tell you.

Thanks, Dan

Bought it from a neighbor who sold almost of her belongings and moved in the 1960s.

I have been trying to figure what this was for years! Mideastern? African? A friend even thought it might be a nose ring for an Ox....

Hope someone can help.

thanks,

Athena

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