I'm still hoping someone can shed some light on the maker. Each time I check on ebay there are several examples of his work so he must have been fairly prolific. One of my favorites is linked below. Somewhere on the internet, I read that this is possibly a mark used by the Handicraft Guild of MN, but I haven't been able to confirm or deny it. The floral engraving (a crocus?) is simple, but to my eye is in keeping with the rustic look of the piece. Whether this is true to A&C is not my area of expertise, but I paid $4 for it so I won't lose any sleep if it's newer, LOL. And paired with an old sterling clothes brush, it's really useful for sweeping crumbs off the counter! Hester Here is a link that might be useful: copper tray

Thanks. I have a fondness for hand worked metal that I can use (plates, bowls, goblets, etc.) no matter where it is from.

Often called a "Savonarola" chair, a style that comes and goes in fashion and has since Egyptian times. Linda's right ... not "Mission" style, but it looks to be from the early 1900s based on wood (oak) and the flat rounded splats on the back. it would blen well with it. Can you show the rocking part? I'm having a hard time picturing a Savonarola chair that rocks.

Sterling is supposed to be stamped 925. I wonder if they mean that it's 925/10 silver filled? Silver fill is sterling silver that is bonded to a base metal like copper or brass. It's not plated and is a stronger bond than plated that can take many years to wear through to the base metal. Silver fill is something that made it's appearance when the price of silver went sky high a few years ago. For years, sterling silver had been an less expensive alternative to gold, but when the price went so high, it was priced out of the reach of many jewelers and designers. Silver fill was a cheaper alternative to sterling, yet better quality than plated. This explanation of how something meets the standard of silver fill is taken from the Artbeads blog: In order for a product to be considered silver-filled, it must have at least 1/20 of its weight in silver. This equals out to 5% silver. So, when you read that a material is .925/20 or 925/20, this means the material meets the minimum standards for being silver-filled by containing 5% silver. 925/10 would mean that the product contains 10% sterling. If what you saw at Kohls is silver filled rather than 925 sterling silver, that is some really misleading advertising as most people aren't familiar with gold or silver fill unless they work in the jewelry industry in some capacity. Whether or not it violates your state's regulations for advertising precious metals, I don't know. If it's not silver filled jewelry, then I don't know what the heck they are talking about when they say it's 10% sterling.