Nuremberg Candlestick – Maker David Zeltner (after 1684)
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...
Category: Queries & Theories
Hop Sampling Tool
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...
Unknown Maker’s Mark
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...
Brass Pot
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...
Cresset
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...
Mystery Item
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...
