Old School MeTaL pÖrN! Who got something new this week?

Weiss · October 11, 2019 8:40AM

I've picked up a few basic pieces in the last couple of weeks. Nothing interesting until Monday, when I was buying a group of silver items and the seller asked if I wanted these. He knew the blades were steel and the handles didn't weigh much, so he threw them in on the lot for free.

They are Victorian scissors, probably more properly called "grape shears". When fruit was served at a nice meal, it was considered gauche to just tear off a bunch of grapes from the larger bunch. You were expected to use shears to cut the section you wanted. That's probably what these were designed after, though I suspect in reality they were also just kind of nicer household scissors. The Æsop's Fable about the fox and the sour grapes seems to be the theme of the design and that would be appropriate for grape shears.

I didn't look too hard, but I couldn't find an exact match. If anyone wants to give it a shot ( @asheland ), feel free:
International Silver Co.
Germany
Marked "STERLING 254", which is likely the model or pattern number.

Still very sharp and usable. Thought they were pretty cool for free. What'd you get this week?

Kliao · October 11, 2019 9:07AM

Nice pieces

asheland · October 11, 2019 9:14AM

I'm not familiar with that pattern, but it's really nice!

Jinx86 · October 11, 2019 9:23AM

18k box chain and 18k vintage squirrel with enamel painting and rubies. Wings are both 10k.

JohnnyCache · October 11, 2019 10:26AM

Picked up $55 in silver dollars.
Predominately Peace dollars with a small sprinkling of well circulated Morgans.
I plan on filling that old bank bag with a mix of $100 silvers as a curiosity piece.

topstuf · October 11, 2019 10:30AM

Is that little cup with the scissors where they spat the seeds?

Downtown1974 · October 11, 2019 1:18PM

Picked up some circulated Morgans @ $17.50 ea. and a Peace dollar @ $16.

ricko · October 11, 2019 2:44PM

I picked up a magnifying glass with some silver trim...will show it when I get back. Cheers, RickO

thisistheshow · October 11, 2019 6:08PM

I really like those scissors. Do you know how much silver is in them?

Weiss · October 11, 2019 6:40PM

@thisistheshow said:
I really like those scissors. Do you know how much silver is in them?

Really hard to say. Ordinarily "hollow ware" like this is filled with plaster or resin and the skin itself is quite thin. But I don't think that's the case with these. I think it's a thicker, though still hollow, form made of sterling silver. I don't think the depth of the design could work with the typical foil-thin sterling candlesticks and knife handles are made of. The handles benefit from the steel scissor tangs(?), which probably insert pretty deep into them. Even so, I doubt it would total an ounce. And wouldn't be surprised if it was considerably less.

Timbuk3 · October 11, 2019 11:20PM

!!!

Kliao · October 12, 2019 4:34AM

giorgio11 · October 12, 2019 5:16AM

@Weiss said:
I've picked up a few basic pieces in the last couple of weeks. Nothing interesting until Monday, when I was buying a group of silver items and the seller asked if I wanted these. He knew the blades were steel and the handles didn't weigh much, so he threw them in on the lot for free.

They are Victorian scissors, probably more properly called "grape shears". When fruit was served at a nice meal, it was considered gauche to just tear off a bunch of grapes from the larger bunch. You were expected to use shears to cut the section you wanted. That's probably what these were designed after, though I suspect in reality they were also just kind of nicer household scissors. The Æsop's Fable about the fox and the sour grapes seems to be the theme of the design and that would be appropriate for grape shears.

I didn't look too hard, but I couldn't find an exact match. If anyone wants to give it a shot ( @asheland ), feel free:
International Silver Co.
Germany
Marked "STERLING 254", which is likely the model or pattern number.

Still very sharp and usable. Thought they were pretty cool for free. What'd you get this week?

Grape acquisition!

Kind regards,

George

cmanbb · October 12, 2019 6:20PM

Another gold bar added last week...

Meltdown · October 12, 2019 8:14PM

I scored a pretty good deal on a half roll of UNC 1947 Walkers this week.

ricko · October 13, 2019 2:10PM

@cmanbb.....I like that gold bar....I have not seen many of those... a few here on the forum, and never when I used to go to coin shows. Cheers, RickO

TwoSides2aCoin · October 15, 2019 9:19AM

Got some more 90% junk yesterday. Just when I thought it's running out, more pours in. And today a seller is coming with more. And why , when it falls, do so many sell ? I don't understand this. Back up that truck.

ricko · October 15, 2019 9:33AM

@TwoSides2aCoin....this is the perennial pattern....price plummets and people sell, price moves up, they buy....Cheers, RickO

Zubie · October 15, 2019 10:40PM

Haven't been on here in awhile since my new vice...vintage poured bars...

Kliao · October 16, 2019 4:10AM

@zubie that’s a nice collection!

asheland · October 16, 2019 6:03AM

@Zubie said:
Haven't been on here in awhile since my new vice...vintage poured bars...

That's an awesome collection and picture!

ricko · October 16, 2019 8:32AM

@Zubie....Wow...not that is a great collection of silver bars....collector value and silver value....Cheers, RickO

Zubie · October 16, 2019 8:58AM

The bad thing is....that was a picture from a couple months ago!!!

And this is from last month....aaaahhhh!!!!

Kliao · October 16, 2019 9:03AM

Wow that s a nice collection

asheland · October 16, 2019 9:19AM

@Zubie said:
The bad thing is....that was a picture from a couple months ago!!!

And this is from last month....aaaahhhh!!!!

asheland · October 16, 2019 9:20AM

@Zubie any chance you could post a close up of the Colonial 10oz? I didn't know they made them. I have the matching 100oz

asheland · October 16, 2019 9:22AM

Only the front bar is mine, the others (all the same) are my friend’s:

Zubie · October 16, 2019 9:30AM

Lots of 10oz out there. Pour lines on this one is awesome!!!

asheland · October 16, 2019 9:47AM

@Zubie That's awesome!!!

DrBuster · October 16, 2019 3:15PM

Added a few things to the travel pile of entertainment metals. Will keep 1, the other 2 go out on friends/family refrigerator missions.

JohnnyCache · October 16, 2019 4:00PM

Zubie,

Simply awesome collection. It exceeds any accolades that I could bestow.
I feel that a high resolution image of your updated bar collection would be, at least in my opinion, poster worthy for any pm aficionados man cave.

Well done!

MsMorrisine · October 16, 2019 4:04PM

the first, done up better, would make a good background image on a computer.

ricko · October 20, 2019 7:58AM

@DrBuster....Could you explain more about those Cayman Island bars? Thank you, Cheers, RickO

DrBuster · October 21, 2019 4:18AM

@ricko said:
@DrBuster....Could you explain more about those Cayman Island bars? Thank you, Cheers, RickO

Oh, not bars, they're magnet bottle openers, ha. Sorry for the confusion. I get some every trip, the fridge is covered in them from our voyages.

Kliao · October 22, 2019 4:12PM

Picked this up at a estate sale a while back for a dollar. Got any ides what it’s for??? Im stumped. It’s marked 800 and I did do an acid test to confirm that. The only thing it will be doing is siting on my desk with some silver coins in it until I can figure out what it is....

LukeMarshall · October 23, 2019 5:22AM

Looks like a candy dish,, cool!

Kliao · October 23, 2019 5:34AM

@LukeMarshall said:
Looks like a candy dish,, cool!

It’s really small.........

LukeMarshall · October 23, 2019 5:40AM

How much does it weight?
Maybe its for holy water?

Kliao · October 23, 2019 1:00PM

@LukeMarshall said:
How much does it weight?
Maybe its for holy water?

24 grams
here’s a size comparison

MsMorrisine · October 23, 2019 1:08PM

I'm guessing the glass is correctly positioned inside the cup.

Kliao · October 23, 2019 1:14PM

@MsMorrisine said:
I'm guessing the glass is correctly positioned inside the cup.

I would think outside because it feels like it fits better that way. And the cut design would show better......

rte592 · October 23, 2019 2:21PM

Dang Zubie's been busy....
A-mark has a few more varieties of that C. RHYNE type bar.
On a side note,
You could fit in an AARO bar in the upper right corner without too much trouble
The better half thought it a good idea to just pick up the PM's off the ground to save money
So she wrangled up a 20 acre claim of prime desert.

ricko · October 24, 2019 7:13AM

@rte592....Interesting map....what state? Should be fun panning or digging....Cheers, RickO

topstuf · October 24, 2019 7:50AM

@ricko said:
@rte592....Interesting map....what state? Should be fun panning or digging....Cheers, RickO

It says Arizona.

ricko · October 24, 2019 8:03AM

@topstuf.....Duh.... sorry.... was not concentrating this morning....traveled all day yesterday and still groggy. Thanks for pointing that out...Cheers, RickO

rte592 · October 24, 2019 6:29PM

@ricko said:
@rte592....Interesting map....what state? Should be fun panning or digging....Cheers, RickO

It's got a few spots that peaked our interest.
Next time out were going to be sampling more of this old riverbed wall.

I'm wondering if I could get a time line on when this material was deposited and how close it was to the valcano eruption.

Old School MeTaL pÖrN! Who got something new this week?

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