Oh my lord, Prestel. I worked on that, too, I can still do rs232 pin outs.
I could bore you to death with the history of the telegraph, telegram and telex. One of my jobs was project managing telex switches. That was in...
Funnily enough, I thought British too, the salmon and hare thing.
Good point on the civil war date. I’d not think it’s any later than the early fifties, tbh.
Looks it to me.
Georgian glass is usually distinctly grey, predating lead crystal. Those look more Edwardian in style to me, that swagged etching.
Piece work mark.
I love the craft of mixing precious with everyday, such as glass.
The sort of book chain style, short length, the weight of the brass, the colour of it - it’s much less bright than sixties pieces, even those with...
Older Toledo ware, might even be pre war.
Agreed, Indian. The rather unfinished back is a clue. I’ve a few pieces like this. Nice fronts, the backs, they don’t seem to bother polishing off.
Hm. I wonder if it was remade from cutlery originally. That’s an old font.
It’s a seriously nice piece.
And then there’s the Welsh!
It’s nigh on impenetrable. I do scratch my head slightly at some heavy languedoc and Catalan accents, but I can understand them fine. Quebecois is...
Roshan, it’s probably Czech/bohemian. There was a fashion for etched and intaglio style glass late nineteenth into twentieth.
My grandfather was born in Buenos Aires. His father had gone out to make his fortune, ended up dying very young. There’s a very large Italian...
I’ll see your DR Congo and raise you quebecois.
You should hear London speak.
How many pieces in total?
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