Salt glazed stoneware, and it looks Westerwald or thereabouts. Maybe. I don’t think Italian.
I’ve got one like that. Somewhere.
I’m going to disagree here. Older gold is very often totally unmarked. Even in the thirties here, let alone nineteenth century. And in any event,...
Agreed, it’s typically Staffordshire late nineteenth. Imari palette, which was very common here.
High Victorian. Anywhere from 1870 ish. I’d suspect solid, that would be a right sod to make plated.
That’s an absolute stunner, superb quality.
Knockoff isn’t the right term. Millefiori is made all over the world and wasn’t even invented on Murano. Goes back to ancient Egypt. It’s quite...
Chess piece.
There’s me thinking Vallauris or similar.
Yup, modern repro. They’re quite expensive in giftware shops.
I’d use goo gone, not acetone. Barkeepers friend works on glass scratches. That’s a lovely lump.
Not Mary, she’d be in blue. I think the mary Magdalen thought is a good one, she’s often depicted wearing scarlet.
And we reuse. There’s a church close ish to me, only a few hundred years old at best, but it’s got worked Roman stones in the construction....
I'd agree on probably Majorica.
I walk past a house built in around 1340 ish every day. Or at least, that's its earliest written record, but the timbers are 11th and 12th C.
It's a lovely lump.
@Bronwen Yup, no metal with caviar. That's why caviar spoons are typically MOP or horn. Nice result, Laura!
My house is a couple of years off being antique.
Could you show its base, please? My first thought is that the decoration style looks rather Persian. Certainly Middle Eastern.
Oxfam are excellent for books, a bit overpriced on most other things but they miss stuff. I find hospice shops are often pretty good. Or smaller...
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