Picture quiz.

[Munroast]

A shield

 

[Mottie]

A shield

No, but I may have inadvertently given the answer away in my 'what are you having for breakfast' post this morning.

 

[JohnD]

Apricot stone

 

[JohnD]

Or a peach one.

 

[JohnD]

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what was that? Is it a fingernail?

looks a bit like terracotta to me.

 

[JohnD]

Bead pattern silver or plated teaspoon

There seems to be a coppery cast on the wear lines so it might be Sheffield plate.

It's actually his table knife, rather than a teaspoon. The "bead" pattern was introduced by noted English silversmith Hester Bateman round about 1850, and is basically an ornamentation on an Old English blank. Mottie's fork is I think Dubarry which does not match.

As the knife has a metal handle it will be a stainless steel blade, so fairly modern and not Sheffield Plate.

 

[Mottie]

No, but I may have inadvertently given the answer away in my 'what are you having for breakfast' post this morning.

Okay, I’ll put you out of your misery. It was the handle of a knife!

Next.

 

[JohnD]

Okay, I’ll put you out of your misery. It was the handle of a knife!

that's what I said.

It's actually his table knife, rather than a teaspoon. The "bead" pattern was introduced by noted English silversmith Hester Bateman round about 1850, and is basically an ornamentation on an Old English blank. Mottie's fork is I think Dubarry which does not match.

As the knife has a metal handle it will be a stainless steel blade, so fairly modern and not Sheffield Plate.

My go, then.

 

[Ihavenojob]

Okay, I’ll put you out of your misery. It was the handle of a knife!

Next.

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Golf ball

 

[Mottie]

Golf ball

Correct. Your go.

 

[Ihavenojob]

Correct. Your go.

 

[Munroast]

stack of SD cards

 

[Ihavenojob]

stack of SD cards

Too easy. Your go.

 

[Mottie]

I was going to say floppy discs.

 

[Munroast]