I’ve used them for earrings. Which will surprise not one single person here.
Belated thanks, I totally missed this.
And the bohemian ones often have pasha faces, too. I think this looks a bit heavy for Bohemia? My thought is Türkiye.
He’s a kachina doll and very nice too.
They’d actually never use that for spices in any self respecting Indian home. The tradition is proper stainless steel spice holders.
Yes, they’ll be glass rhinestones. It’s a pretty thing.
It’s classic sixties and I have several similar. That’s a nice one, mesh collarette in style. The stones will be swirled glass.
They’re always really well glazed. The gilding simply never wears.
I strongly suspect that’s a hobby kit piece.
I’d think American and ww2 when you couldn’t use brass or alloys. Lovely quality.
Czech, I think. Lovely.
Nothing wrong with modern Chinese glass, it's decorative and well made. Azerbaijan on the other is a very good thought. I'd forgotten that.
Dripware. I had one rather similar. From memory, it was French or Belgian.
Certainly relatively recent. I'll bet it's one of the J G Durand brands.
She's written some wonderful historical fiction set in and around there. Properly researched and very well written: I especially like her use of...
Oh, I adore Carcassonne. You need to read Kate Mosse, if you’ve not already.
Hobby painted, and using an air brush.
Red curl is Chinese, missing its square clear glass base. Blue one, not Chinese, imo. It’s the look of some dalian, but it’s too chunky. There’s a...
Blimey. Bargain.
The lions are different. I’ll see if I can fish out photos of mine.
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