If you want to test if a pearl is real rub it across your front tooth. If it feels gritty/scratchy it is real (or a cultured pearl) it feels...
Not strictly a reference book but I have a copy of the Connoisseur's complete period guides to the houses, decoration, furnishing and chattels of...
It looks very Murano in style so could be Italian art glass.
It looks like it has a dutch influence to me. It is pine and looks like it would have simple turned wooden knob handles. If you look closely...
Sorry mate but that's not an early piece.
It does look British although I have a French one that is similar. We call them cottage suites. Not the best of sellers in the UK as there are...
Yes it's slightly different to copper. I don't normally go around sniffing metal by the way lol. x
Yes I agree with Komokwa it does look like brass. Brass has a particular smell if you rub your hand over it.
Looks lovely well done!
I would just describe this as a drop leaf table it's not a Pembroke.x
True and then there are always pieces that have you scratching your head lol.
Yes around then late Victorian so maybe a tad earlier. ;)
This may be useful http://www.20thcenturyglass.com/glass_encyclopedia/glass_signatures/glass_signatures.htm
Any Jewelry you are spot on some Sorrento ware is extremely collectible. x
plus fours lol
In the Uk saddle soap and dubbin wax :)
The ones pictured below are Edwardian. [ATTACH]
Hi, I would look under gothic style. English or possibly French its hard to tell from photographs. They almost look like church/chapel chairs. x
An old bookstand to hold my kindle when watching youtube. x
It seems in the UK we are finally getting a turn around away from painted and back to wood and antique and vintage pieces. The interiors magazines...
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