The first number may have worn off your scissors. Korn of New York City was issued patent number 247,766 for his scissors in 1881. Can you tell me the age and use of the scissors?Ī: You have a pair of buttonhole scissors. 47,766.” It seems to have a pretty low patent number. One side reads, “Korn’s patent,” and the other, “Patent No. There is a funny elongated notch in the blades and an adjustable threaded nut in the middle of the handles. Q: I inherited a pair of scissors from a great-great-aunt. You have to do some research to be sure you have an old ring. But many other silver Mickey rings have been made in recent years. One of those rings sells for about $50 today. Could you tell me what it’s worth?Ī: The only sterling silver Mickey Mouse rings on the market before the 1980s were made from 1947 to 1949 by Ostby &Barton of Providence, R.I.
I think it’s sterling silver and from the 1930s.
It could be worth anywhere from $200 to $900. The value of your 88-piece set depends on its quality and condition. Companies that made dishes or other items for export used the “Made in Occupied Japan” mark from 1947 to 1952. The bottoms of most of the pieces are marked “Silver, Made in Occupied Japan.” The set is a family heirloom and I wouldn’t sell it, but what is it worth?Ī: A company named Silver was one of the known manufacturers of dinnerware in postwar Japan. Each place setting includes a dinner plate, salad plate, bread plate, soup bowl, berry bowl, cup and saucer. Q: My grandparents gave me their large set of Occupied Japan china, including 12 place settings, a soup tureen, sugar and creamer and gravy boat. Most clock buyers want a decorative clock for the front hall. It is of interest to someone looking for industrial machines. This sort of clock is interesting but does not sell well at an average shop. The key number was recorded with the employee’s arrival time on a paper tape. Each employee had a numbered key and would put it in the hole on the front of the clock. “Clocking-in clocks” were invented in 1885. What was it for?Ī: It sounds like an early employee time clock. More numbers are in lower rows, but each has a post that is wired to the clock. Q: My rectangular clock has a round face and rows of numbers, 1 through 80, below the face. An 8-inch Cherry Blossom jardiniere in excellent condition can sell for more than $500. Some pieces, like yours, had hand-crayoned shape numbers on the bottom. Cherry Blossom pieces were marked with only a foil label - and by now most of those labels have been lost. Pieces were brown and tan, like yours, or green and pink. Roseville Pottery introduced its Cherry Blossom pattern in 1933. Could it really have been made by Roseville? I know it’s at least 60 years old.Ī: You can believe your mother. The trouble is that it’s not marked except with a crayoned number. It’s brown with a tan trellis around the bottom and white floral vines around the top. Q: My mother left me an 8-inch-high jardiniere she told me was in Roseville’s Cherry Blossom pattern.
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