I can't imagine the glass liner is not original to it. Would not call it a jardiniere. Suppose you could use it for a flower arrangement but the...
Grew up calling it pop but haven't heard anyone do so in years.
Where did grandad grow up?
I have known the decoration on the left hand basket to be called porcupine.
You are very welcome. :)
I have seen this figure repeatedly over the years. I even think I bought one early on & never received it (I have a record but not the cameo)....
#1 could stand on her own & is the only one that qualifies as antique. 2,4 & 7 are artificial & of little value. If all the setting is in good...
I put it up again for our new cameo hound, PepperAnna. Really wish I could handle it, hear how it sounds when tapped with a nail. Is there no...
Love the suit even more than the cameos. Very Jackie Kennedy.
What a heartbreaking experience that must have been, losing your cameo & having to consider that someone was sticky fingered & the mystery of how...
Would like to see the backs. They're 20th century, but from the condition of the settings seen from the front, they look like they might be older...
I've seen a mink parka before & this jacket looks like mink to me.
I would call it a riviere necklace, just for a descriptive word. Collet is another word that applies.
It suggests to me she is assembled of 2 pieces.
See Thomas Marples. One of the examples the compiler has seen was on a fruit knife. [Scooped by Davey.]
Next step: https://www.silvermakersmarks.co.uk/Makers/Birmingham-TH-TN.html#TM
Looks like 1886 to me.
Birmingham date letters: https://www.silvermakersmarks.co.uk/Dates/Birmingham/Date%20Letters%20M.html
Oh! Wish you had sent a pic. I love them & we don't have a native hedgehog in the US. They would be refused as a choking hazard. Would have to...
I have bought nearly all my cameos on eBay & this is one of them. My eBay purchases have been much better deals than the several I have bought...
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