It does.
That “resin” brooch may be Pierre Bex.
Bet that’s Italian.
Almost certainly British. Mid nineteenth ish. God knows who.
Panasonic LUMIX TZ100, which has an excellent Leica lens.
The cross may have been on a missal.
It’s what we call here a right buggers muddle!
Stick a UV light on it. id agree on celluloid.
Fifties. We weren’t really making these during and after the war. My grandmother had that set.
Yup, Cristallo.
I’d have said more likely to be French with that Mount.
What she said! With a side order of Etruscan revival.
It could be British, but it’s a shape that was also made by Scandinavian factories.
The gold one may be a bit earlier. Sixties. It’s very in the style of the fine makers like Andrew Grima. Bark finish was a big thing here, and not...
It was very fine silk thread for mending your stockings. I can also recall there used to be dry cleaners who’d have a woman who could mend them,...
my mama had that hosiery silk. That’s a nice faux shagreen box, too.
Google Lara Maiklem, she’s a guru
The original Madame rochas was my first proper grown up scent. Loved it. Don’t like the new one, or the new Je Reviens or the new l’air du temps...
That back is very like Georgian stuff I’ve got or have seen. I’d be very tempted to try and put back original or near original stones in the...
Or th local bloke who’s notorious for adding metal plates saying GWR or similar to any old metal tat he can find. We all know him.
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