It looks like red nail polish from the photo. Sometimes ladies would mark their plates, etc., if they took some baking or cooked dish to a party,...
I really should try to find a Kent Stafforshire firgure as it does have my name on it! :hilarious:
Huh. Well, the Chinese made items that imitated Japanese styles, too. :rolleyes:
Staffordshire figurine reproductions can be be antique! Yes, this seems a 20th c production. However, original molds from older factories were...
I'm not a glassie, but I'd give those shelf room.
Yes, that's it!
Oh, that is all kinds of lovely -- shape and those fantastic glazes!
[ATTACH] This is the set that my mother's friend had, although I seem to recall that there were 12 cups. It was a boardie here, sadly, she...
Lovely restoration! The globe suits it very well.
Tea stain/residue in the pot? Baking soda and bouling water will do the trick.
Looks like something happened in the kiln with that glaze, but maybe a "happy accident." I don't recognize the mark, but there is the possibility...
When helping a friend of my mother's (years ago) sell a punch set (Alhambra pattern IIRC) I discovered that the same pattern produced in Canada...
I got an American (North American cuz some Canuck might've done it, LOL) vibe from the photo right off the bat. But that doesn't mean much.;)
The bottom rattle would be my pick of the group. But where I live there is a LOT of indigenous (Haida) art, vintage and contemporary to see and like.
Very cool!
I gave my son his great-grandfather's silver propelling pencil some years ago. I think you twisted part of it to propel the lead forward. I found...
Well, that was a huge score! Congrats!
The modelling and the detail in painting make this a winner no matter who made it.
I'm thinking North American and that number looks like someone put it on for identification purposes. Absolutely late 60s/70s design. I'd call...
Wowser! Love it.
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