posted 08-29-2010 05:04 PM            

Having been persuaded to put together a slide show for the forum I am now enthusiastic about persuading others to have a go and share their collections or part thereof in the same way. I was worried that I might either seem to be showing off or find a distinct lack of interest. In the event there were sufficient kind words for me to relax on both counts.

It does seem to me that once you have collected a few items that you like, you need to find interesting ways of playing with them. Putting the slide show together made me look at my pieces properly again and think about how I wanted to organize their presentation. This actually added to my enjoyment of them.

On the technical side, all I needed to do was to provide the text and relevant pictures, leaving the rest to Scott's skilful editing so the process was quite painless.

I find it fascinating to see the silver of various types and dates that people have chosen to assemble and have learned quite a bit from the other slide shows. May I therefore please encourage others to consider sharing in this way.

posted 08-29-2010 05:31 PM            

• A Collector's Eye - Early English Spoons (click here)

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What are the rules here (number of slides, size of images, etc.)?

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The number of slides is really up to you. More slides = more effort. I am glad to do as many or as few slides as makes you comfortable.

There is no hard and fast rules. There are some general guidelines. Set a target completion date. The completion date may change as needed, it just helps me to schedule my time. Wherever possible the images should show front and back, including closeups of any marks or interesting detail.

As far as the images...
I will edit the images, i.e., crop, lighten/darken, combine...etc. We should start with large sized basic shots which you emailed to me. When required, I will deal with reducing the resolution and putting multiple images together into one slide.

All I need from you is:

1. The text for each slide
   
2. a title for the presentation
   
3. the basic images
   
4. notes about which images go with which slide.

Once the presentation is done, I will then ask for your help proof reading, your suggested changes to my editing of your images together, and then doing a Table of Contents (Ie., http://www.smpub.com/cv/6/cc6index.html ).

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Thank you agphile for starting this thread.

posted 08-30-2010 03:24 AM            

A lot of spoons are showed, some I knew, examples out of books, some I've seen at markets but than most pewter examples. It's true what you have said about trying to collect the oldest spoon you are missing in your collection.Time period and more information is to read and I've to read it more than once for to understand all that information.

Here in Holland some times at a website you can buy old silver spoons, but often it is dated from the 18th century, sometimes 17th century but they are hard to be found and personal I doubt when I see these one's, you must have a lot of silver knowledge for recognize the right one's.
( and I don't have that).

Enjoy your collection you, may be proud to have such one and thank you both for the work there is done.

Greetings Silverhunter.

posted 09-01-2010 08:33 AM            

The first slide show is done:

• A Collector's Eye
  Russian napkin rings
  by
  Postnikov

The second slide show, The Russian cigarette case - from Fabergé to GULAG may not get completed for another 7-15 days because my near term schedule is pretty booked. I'll try to squeeze it in.

Postnikov,

Thank you so very much for sharing with us all.

posted 09-01-2010 09:14 AM            

Lovely examples. Many thanks for sharing.

posted 09-01-2010 04:31 PM            

When do you open the museum doors? Quit a lot of napkins and engraving styles, all beautiful pieces you have. Thank you for showing your collection and it is always nice to see other members collection, other cultures and styles, using materials and letter types etc. Be proud to have such a collection. I only have four plated and they stand in a shadow of these capital pieces.

Greetings silverhunter, andre.

posted 09-01-2010 05:35 PM            

thank you all very much for your nice words - I think we are bitten by the same bug!
Now it is time to show a little of your passion........

and a big thank you for Scott's efforts!

Regards
Postnikov

posted 09-01-2010 09:00 PM            

Question: What is the significance of the special identification of the Silver Niello pieces from Caucasus?

posted 09-02-2010 04:26 AM            

The difference between the "normal" Russian niello and the Caucasian niello is, that the Caucasian niello is more coarse in the design(Islamik/Oriental influence). The Caucasian region was one of the Tsar�s + company`s favorite vacation resorts - therefore the many souvenir objects with the script "KABKA3b" = Caucasus in cyr.

Some photos will show the difference:

"Normal" Russian niello

Caucasian niello

Regards
Postnikov