The advice you were given is correct - lots of companies made a fish
knife. I've sold many, and I can tell you that without the name on the
blade, it probably wasn't a high quality knife to begin with (so,
"low-end"). Yours can be sold without knowin...
You have some very nice, and possibly expensive, stems from the "Elegant
Glass" era, so they date much closer to Depression era than 1968. The
bowls are paneled 'optic glass' with etching. The blue color will
usually make them even more desirable. Th...
I believe it is a "stand" for a plate. Victorians collected portrait
plates and other plates, sometimes with their own deceased loved one's
portrait on the plate. A somewhat deeply welled plate would fit in the
ring with the "well' holding the plate ...