And if you sell at a reasonable price, out it goes. One local store keeps trying to charge high prices in this era. The stuff sits.
Yep. Vintage last week.
Not fake. Just not old and not pretending. 1970s or later, but no idea how much later.
Actually, the two connect through the Spanish. The North Africans owned most of Spain for centuries, and the two cultures cross-pollenated. The...
Sort of. A ton of similar items were made in India from the 80s onward, as far as I know.
I've seen a lot of both the real thing and glass "stone". That's not turquoise in any way shape or form.
It's glass, but dumber things have happened.
Pearls these aren't. I've seen lots of cultured saltwater and cultured freshwater. A few of the real ones too - all natural - but none of them...
The bottom once held ...something for your bottom. AKA a chamber pot! The top really was a blanket chest. Both are old, but didn't start life...
1960s, best guess? They sure aren't made any more.
just cleared cache and rebooted...now to do that to my brain?
Those blue flowers are forget-me-nots or close enough. The Czechs made a pile of similar items for export, and those blue flowers were good...
Here are some shots of this weekend's haul. Not the greatest, the lighting stunk, but you can see some of it. The prizes may be the Liztech...
Yep. That's been true for a while. I watched one of those UK Antiques Road Trip shows where the "expert" bought a whole case lot of the things...
and preferably outside on the grill in case of fumes.
I found a cobalt dolphin candlestick once. It wasn't old; they were sold in the Met gift shop. The candy dish/compote is probably from a similar...
None. It's molded with facets from the look of it.
Looks like plated "white metal" from here.
It could easily have a plastic coating; they do that sometimes to retard tarnish. Lacquer maybe?
I've managed to resell a bit, but only off-line to an antique dealer. He likes it and antiques can't hurt anyone or anything.
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