There should be a warning label on those silver dips! It's hard to understand why Hagerty's themselves - who generally sell quality products -...
What a gorgeous find!
Good Day All This Port decanter label was marked in Birmingham in 1896/7. (The date mark appears clearly in www.silvermakersmarks.co.uk)....
It didn't occur to me that the pottery could be hollow. It feels very solid. I thought the cork was glued to the bottom and didn't fiddle for fear...
I used to make those too. I think we rubbed a bit of candle on the ends to make the mechanism slide smoothly. I wonder if they work with modern...
I don't remember any scratches. I'm afraid I sealed up the box and packed it away last night so I can't check without a major palaver. It was...
Good Day All I wonder if anyone can throw light on what this strange pottery and cork item is. The fat part is some sort of pottery with only...
Apparently we have a china restorer who has reasonable rates living not far from here. I may try to get them properly repaired.
Thank you everyone for your various comments and contribitions to the debate.
Thank you for this informative link.
That seems to be it, except that those little vertical gold "snakes" painted on the dark blue area are horizontal snakes on my platter.
M Regarding your query of how long my Grandmother had it, she passed away in the early '70s and the stuff she kept in her cabinet was old family...
Good Day All I wonder if anyone could suggest a date and pattern name - and any other interesting information - for this little platter which...
Thank you for your detailed, and interesting, reply.
I'm curious ... how does one know that this is a celery dish? Was celery such a delicacy as to have a dedicated dish? Or is that a generic...
I love the jug and the cup that precedes it (Item 7). I always find those deep saucers appealing. And Blue and White, of course .
Good Day All These badly damaged Chinese plates were retained by my Grandmother. I have a matching platter in good condition which guys here...
That's interesting. I suppose the European volume is a similar price. Are their books as easy to use as silvermakersmarks.com? I love the way they...
Good Day All I wonder if anyone can identify make, date, etc of this cup and saucer and matching slops bowl that came out of my Grandmother's...
From what I can gather it is largely about non-British marks, isn't it?
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