I line them with plastic, then moss and then plunge plastic pots in. Means you can remove the pots for watering.
I’d totally forgotten that Bamber Gascoigne was an author. He’s famous for rather a different thing here.
Thank you, that’s wonderful background. It’s a lovely pot.
If that aquarium is right, it’s a very valuable piece. The yacht might be worth a look. Those hocks go well too.
No, it’s not, too heavily potted and it’s not porcelain. I’m trying to remember who did that sort of chicken skin finish. Maybe dudson.
Most welcome. It’s very typical of little German bird pieces.
It’s sponged. And dead right.
German or Austrian, late nineteenth into early twentieth.
They’re great as plant pot holders.
Wedding souvenir. And yes, that view of the castle is one I had from an office window at one point.
That faience looks more like turquoise matrix.
Footbath. Relatively modern copy of something much older.
If it’s brass, it will smell heavily metallic.
I have French jools! Gimme it.
A woman after my own heart. Love the colours.
Make sure you smell it.
More often called a kluk kluk here.
I WANT THE APOLLO 13 STUFFS! Ahem. Signed, the teenager who walked round with a transistor radio on her shoulder for days listening to the BBC....
Oh, the slippery slope!
Agreed, it’s early. And Adams is lovely quality. it needs a good scrub!
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