I used this page as my original source. They are an antique dealer. Does this guarantee their honesty?...
Randomer on ebay. I have now cross referenced the mark and mine does look a fair bit different to the genuine Boulton marks online. The marks on...
Lovely piece. Here's a thread from this forum which might help you. Hobbs looks favourite with the nobbles underneath....
Its of Scottish origin. Alasdair. The only one I met was indeed Scottish. With regards to the Matthew Boulton cups; I listed them on ebay last...
Hello. Yes I got the photo of the vase in search results when i did a google lens search, but when I clicked on it, it takes me to a page with two...
Hi there Thanks. That came up as a search result for me also. When I clicked on it, it took me to a pair of plates.
I grabbed these today. They have a sevres look about them but no marks at all. One is about 15cm tall and the 20cm perhaps. Hand painted floral...
Good to see you like a challenge. I think I've met one person called Alistair in my life though. That coupled with the other name on the cup...
Sugar maybe? The shape with those handles actually reminds me of Noritake.
I never knew that. Best not get your Jos or Jimmys mixed up eh?
And there ye go. Thanks. We would like you to recite it and upload the video please. It has to be under 1Mb though.
There is a poem by Robert Burns of the same name. It just gets more confusing. I think they wrote my Joy on the frame in error and then crossed...
Thank you. I thought John Anderson My Jo was the name of the painting, which I thought was an odd title. Copies of it seem to be ubiquitous.
On my travels in York again. I grabbed this earlier today. I promised myself that I wouldn't have to cart a painting home on the train this time....
I never knew about lack of signatures on early pieces either.
Yes. Could be worse. I bought a couple of silver plate tankard last year. When I peeled the price labels off they had names underneath. One of...
Well it seems that the two metals are heated to near melting point to bond them. After the laminate of silver is applied to the copper it is then...
Maybe they used P60 sand paper to polish them? :) I'm unsure of the plating process myself. However this site says that bleeding is...
I'm going to try and clean the excess polish out of them and leave it at that. Not much silver left to polish.
Maybe they didn't. It might have played into my hands though, in that maybe the charity shop i bought them from were swayed by the engraving when...
Separate names with a comma.
