Thank for the tip @Ownedbybear - that's so helpful! :joyful::happy:
It's lovely full of personality! Here is a seller with some pitchers in the same pattern - you can see your one would have had more gold on the...
Oh gosh I have looked amd looked but can't see anything at all...well I thought maybe a ghost of a number 29 on the rim, but now I think just...
:hilarious::hilarious: Yes we live here!
Thank you so much! I will be very careful with it, I don't think I will clean the stone much, maybe a little around the edge.
...and also, after looking again at these images, I'm off to the manicurist lickity-split :nailbiting::nailbiting::dead:
Thank you so much ! I hadn't heard of Pomponne or pinchbeck for that matter (but that's why we come to the forums right??) so that's so helpful....
Thank you so much @Bronwen ! Do you think it could be a little later than the 1860 date given by @kyratango ? Or are you in that range too? It's...
Thank you so much! That's high praise @Ownedbybear ! I love it, the workmanship and stone choices are divine :angelic::angelic:
Thank you! So you think auction? I haven't ventured down that route yet, I'm selling on Etsy...but not sure this is quite right for my store which...
Thank you, I'm so glad you like it! I'm not a jewelry buff - could you please describe how you reliably test for gold? I suppose I am going to...
honestly, this was the weirdest find - busy brocante sale, lots of things cleared out, and late in the day about 2pm ... so wouldn't normally...
Thank you @laura9797 I hadn't seen that one! Looks like the same make and good to see they have a late 19th century date - wonder what it sold for?
PS - forgot to ask - it's dirty obvs but I'm wary about how to clean it safely since the stone might be porous - any thoughts there welcome too!
Hi all, my ignorance is going to show with this one but here goes ...;) I found this sweet little brooch about a year ago - I don't usually buy...
:playful: agreed! Though called serpents they are based on Renaissance dolphin forms (as per the knowledgeable @Any Jewelry !) but seem to be...
I think they are normally called serpent handles, sometimes, snake, sometimes hydra ;)
Yes, I think it might be a milk, sauce or cream jug. I think Saint Amand is my only possibility for the French makers with this barbotine...
Yes, this kind of handle is a regular on the Aesthetic movement scene :) That's a beautiful piece!
I think it's just staining from use with coffee / gravy / gloopy french sauces ;) It's possible it has been kept hot on a wood stove at some...
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