Category: Queries & Theories

The owner of the enigmatic device shown in the attached images would be very pleased to know what, precisely, it is. The object is described as follows, and is shown in the images below:...

A member has asked for our advice on this rather fine candlestick, which has a mark (the letters DZ either side of a crown) on the edge of the base. The candlestick is shown in...

A member has asked if anyone can identify the use of this device. It is made of iron and measures approximately 16.5 ins (42 cms) in length.  It weighs 3 lbs 10ozs (1.65kg) and...

An AMS members asks, ‘I recently acquired this brass fireplace Tidy Betty from what looks to be the late 1800s. It is a very weighty object and is well made. I was wondering whether...

An AMS member recently acquired a heavy cast brass pot some 6″ tall with traces of a vertical casting seam between the two handles. A device is cast proud inside the rim of the...

Today I visited a local museum and they asked me to look at a mystery object. It is made from wrought iron, we think it was mounted to a wall and most likely a...

I was wondering if I could send an enquiry to the members of AMS. Here at the National Museum in Gdansk we have a very unusual object. I attach three  images, apologies for the...