Looks Victorian era. I know they used to have mourning jewellery.
Yup. That’d do it.
GR stands for George Rex so would have either been George V or George the VI. The backing of the badge looks like a ribbon of a medal.
Nice find. In the U.K. we call finding “treasure” on the banks of rivers Mudlarking.
Nice examples houseful. Love Bargain Hunt. Great show. :)
As I understand it, Lion Passant is an English Assay and Lion Rampant (up on hind legs) is a Scottish Assay. This looks like a Lion Passant so I...
My local auction house is still open and still intends to hold auctions. If you live in the U.K. please do support them. They do have online...
There is also a nice “crow’s foot” type arrow which also indicates British military. You see it on most UK military equipment. If there are two...
Ah well. Always happy to stand corrected. That’s how we learn.
I wonder if the figures originally had greater relief and so over polishing has removed some of the detail of the areas that stuck out more. If...
I think it’s probably European and to me looks like classic art nouveau.
My wife and kids do the same but I’ll bet you they hold onto stuff when I go just in case.......could be sitting on an absolute fortune or as your...
I’m a big convert to stereoscope images - the most fun you can have without batteries! If Spartcom5 could upload individual images of each card,...
Personally I would hold onto them for a while. It may be just a little too early and their time may not have come yet. Great pieces and future...
Completely agree. The style is completely different.
Me too! There’s something very pleasing about Ganesh statues and I have two myself. I agree that this one is not old but Ganesh is the “remover of...
I would imagine if they weren’t messed up before they would have been after that escapade.
Wear old worn out clothes and then chuck them to make room for important items :). No one will care in Paris. They’ll think you’re an artist.
Thanks Figtree3 :) . I bought the first one by mistake, worked out what it was when I got home, kicked myself because there were five others I had...
Being in the U.K. it’s probably easier to find these French ones but they can be expensive. Fortunately these were hidden in a pile of others so I...
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