Thank you for those pointers @moreotherstuff and @Figtree3 ! Managed to find it with both those snippets of information - there is a museum...
@Bakersgma here are the images! Not sure what happened there :hilarious:
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Hello all! Just picked up this cheap and cheerful vintage cigarette case branded Miss Blanche - I thought I would be able to find loads of them...
Date-wise, looks to be 1960s-1980s. We get a lot of this type of Italian ware in the secondhand shops in France...if it's not marked Capodimonte,...
Your insurance company sounds terrible btw - dates on everything ?? They are probably trying to a) make it as hard as possible to document...
Great thank you! I will look out for some "essence C" at the local brico ;) I will do a patch test first ...though I could hardly make things...
Yes that's good advice, I'm about to have some shelves built into an old empty alcove we have, so I know just where it should live!
Thank you @kyratango :happy: I appreciate the advice! I did have a half hearted attempt with some water on a cotton tip (I use this technique to...
haha I thought I'd include that pic for cuteness factor ;) My little inspector is Poussiéreux (pronounced roughly puss-a-roo ;) French for...
Hi all, just an update that I've tried one round with the ketchup - definitely an improvement but needs a bit more treatment. Before pic:...
Hi all! I got this round Japanese (Chinese?) Lacquer box in an auction log the other day, (had no idea i was getting it along with the items I was...
Yes, will do! I might make a reel of that see how it comes out...never done that sort of thing before! I might try a half amd half with vinegar vs...
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Thank you @evelyb30 ! We're going to need a LOT of vinegar ... :hilarious: Though I suppose I can always just treat the top rims this way if I can...
OK cool. As I said in my comment, I didn't think it was French, but I've seen that asterisk in relation to Sarreguemines wares so thought I should...
Hello all! I found this rather worse-for-wear chafing dish in the local Emmaus (thrift) in France and bought her home to live with me. It's...
Sorry to be dense, but is it porcelain if not faience? I thought it was earthenware by the crazing. EDIT: unless you mean faience in the more...
According to infofaience Sarreguemines used an asterisk like this between 1890-1910. Sarreguemines - Faïence, pottery, earthenware marks and dates...
Thank you for looking at it! I'm officially giving up she will remain nameless ... Re: the age, I agree with you. A cautiously Art Deco flavour...
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