Chocolate boxes did once feature fancier artwork than nowadays. Could be older than 1950s.
I think the jade carvings were made to be sold for others to make into jewellery elsewhere. I have a silver brooch holding what is surely a...
I can't see them well enough to be absolutely sure, photos are too dark & far away for me to check for the kind of details that are attributes of...
Hands of second look positioned to be holding a staff/shepherd's crook/oar/barge pole, something long & straight.
First does look like John the Baptist due to the animal skin garment. Second does not strike me as religious, more of a peasant figure.
It's the lost tribe.
Doesn't look like it folds, so not exactly a Savonarola chair.
More like a press, but I can't see how you would get the pressed substance out again. :confused:
Not sure, but try 'thread tools' near the top of page.
Berkey, not Berkley. Think of Christmas: No L.
If you follow Mirana's link to the show & tell thread, then scroll down to my post below hers, you will see a photo of chipped glass.
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