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      • Danish Silver MakersUnder the Danish Hallmarking Act of 1893, the content standard for all silver was set at 826 parts out of 1,000, which is slightly lower than the standard for sterling which is 925. The remainder is usually copper with very small amounts of iron, lead and traces of other metals. The Danish mark, 826S was used until about 1915 when silversmiths raised their silver content to 830 and eventually to 925. Reference: jensensilver.com
      • UK Silver MakersOne of the most highly structured hallmarking systems in the world is that of the United Kingdom, (Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland), and Ireland. These five nations have, historically, provided a wealth of information about a piece through their series of applied punches. It should be noted that since 2015 visually identical UK Hallmarks are being struck in India and Italy by sub-offices of Birmingham & Sheffield Assay Offices respectively: English silver makers have used their own marks for centuries. These can consist of their initials or unique mark. They are shown with the Lion Passant for Sterling, Date letter and City Mark also known as the Assay Mark.  The image above shows the hallmark for an English silver maker alongsides the Lion Passant for Sterling, Leopards Head for London and the date letter “u” for 1955.    
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    • CeramicsThe earliest ceramics made by humans were pottery objects (i.e. pots or vessels) or figurines made from clay, either by itself or mixed with other materials like silica, hardened, sintered, in fire. Later they were glazed and fired to create smooth, colored surfaces, decreasing porosity through the use of glassy, amorphous ceramic coatings on top of the crystalline ceramic substrates. Ceramics now include domestic, industrial and building products, as well as a wide range of ceramic art. In the 20th century, new ceramic materials were developed for use in advanced ceramic engineering, such as in semiconductors. Reference: Carter, C. B.; Norton, M. G. (2007). Ceramic materials: Science and engineering. Springer. pp. 20 & 21 and Wikipedia
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      • BambooPrice guide to antique bamboo boxes. Bamboo has hundred of species and grows in large swathes across parts of East, South, and Southeast Asia. Along with wood, stone, sand, clay and animal parts, bamboo was one of the first materials worked by early humans. The development of civilization was closely tied to the development of increasingly greater degrees of skill in working these materials. Just like woodworking, it came to be used for bamboo construction, bamboo textiles, bamboo and wooden slips, bamboo musical instruments, bamboo weaving, and many other areas. Reference: Wikipedia
      • Chinese BoxesPrice guide to antique Chinese boxes.
        • Qianlong PeriodThe Qianlong Emperor was the longest living emperor of China. He lived for 87 years and reigned for 61 years officially between 11 October 1735 to 8 February 1796.
      • Japanese BoxesPrice guide to antique Japanese boxes including wooden, lacquerware and ceramic boxes.
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Music Boxes

Price guide to antique music boxes. Music boxes come in a wide range of shapes and sizes. A music box or musical box is an automatic musical instrument in a box that produces musical notes by using a set of pins placed on a revolving cylinder or disc to pluck the tuned teeth (or lamellae) of a steel comb. They were developed from musical snuff boxes of the 18th century and called carillons à musique (French for “chimes of music”). Some of the more complex boxes also contain a tiny drum and/or bells in addition to the metal comb. Reference: Wikipedia.

Sometimes small music boxes are inserted into toys and other novelty items.

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Walnut Music Box
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Walnut Music Boxes

Price guide to antique walnut music boxes including a Polyphon "Mikado" disc musical box. Other makers include Paillard, Reuge and Regina. A B.A. BREMOND INTERCHANGABLE EIGHT-CYLINDER INLAID WALNUT MUSIC BOX…
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Novelty Music Box Balloon
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Novelty Music Boxes

Price guide to novelty music boxes. Music boxes come in all shapes and sizes. This post looks at music boxes with unusual shapes and purposes. A SWISS GILT BRASS MECHANICAL…
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Pearl set musical snuff box
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Musical Snuff Boxes

Price guide to musical snuff boxes. Musical snuff boxes were also known as carillons à musique.  The World Carillon Federation defines a carillon as "A musical instrument composed of tuned bronze bells…
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Polyphon Music Box
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Polyphon Music Box & 48 Discs Coin Operated

Polyphon Music Box & 48 Discs Coin Operated A 19C Polyphon Coin Operated Music Box & 48 Discs. Fine, working two-slot German coin operated music box by Polyphon Musikwerke of Leipzig,…
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