I hope there is someone out there who can help me with this ladle. It's just a transferware small sauce ladle, aout 6.5 inches long, probably...
This is a pretty (but damaged) white cat figurine, I think it is porcelain but I'm not quite sure. The base looks like a kind common in the...
Thanks, I'm glad I checked, and will now search in that direction. I hate to misdescribe items, and just thinking "Limoges" was being lazy!
When I got this in a job lot I thought it was obviously a 19th century Limoges item, but now I'm wondering if it might be from somewhere else,...
Yes, there is something about it that really attracts me. It might be the indented dark brown decoration around the middle, something makes me...
PS to above comment, I must have touched the wrong key and posted the incomplete reply! (Is there an edit button to sort that out?) I was saying...
Thank you all for your comments, it's so comforting to find other people who care about such things, pottery appre
Thank you, that does make sense, the fineness of the work has been put into a piece of tableware, where people could appreciate it every day, not...
This is a little pottery jug which I find intriguing. It is simple but beautifully formed. There is no maker's mark, but what looks like "rcf"...
Yes, I can see that, it might have been just put up as an ornament afterwards. Can you suggest any search terms for such an object? I have found...
Wow, thank you! I will keep a very open mind, and be happy with whatever I find, if I can manage to identify him. I did once have a very small...
Thanks very much for this! I hadn't thought continental, but there is something a bit different to the normal Staffordshire look about him, and I...
I would say as a general rule, it is much better to say something like "Decorative value only" rather than "junk". That is a bit like a slap in...
I don't think this is either old or worth anything, but I would like to know how to describe it. The lion on a base is of a rather flat-faced...
Very beautiful and well-preserved pair! I've had a look in Michael Berthoud's Compendium of Cups (my go-to book for old teaware), and he...
Sorry for late reply! The wider edge is, rather strangely, on the cut edge, so the embroidery fits on three sides and there is more spare space...
Wow, I learn something new every time I visit this forum!
Thank you for this advice, I think that to risk ruining it with a wash is now not an option. What do you think of this idea? I could fold the...
This is a vintage tablecloth I bought recently. It seems to have been displayed hanging over a narrow table, with something resting over the top...
I hope you do find out more about the painting, there must be experts who can give an opinion, in auction houses or museums. I agree that the...
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