Those both look English to me.
I have a storage unit full of books. There are never enough books. Anyhow, go buy a tin of old fashioned saddle soap and clean the leather with...
Might be early Wade.
I think that was made by Stag. Sort of factory, but made to order and with a lot of hand work. MAtthews are the retailer.
I think so. You can't be a bridesmaid if you're married, too, in theory, you have to be a matron of honour. The thing was to have page boys as well.
It was the norm here for bridesmaids to be children and young girls.
It could be either. Some adult shoes had small buckles.
Those aare little opera glasses, those are.
I tihnk this points to a difference in tastes of colour palettes. Japan is very fond of pretty pastel colours, whilst older Czech stones tend to...
I fail to see what overpriced J C Penney jewellery has to do with an honest replica of a mediaevel ring, wherein the maker has taken the trouble...
Shoe buckles are always curved. They fit from side to side over the top of the foot. And given they need to hold the shoe, two prongs are typical....
It's not going to be much later than 1838, they were going out of fashion somewhat.
I just love this.
Cerrtainly worn here.
Kyra beat me to it. Yes, Georges Sand.
They've been made from the mid 19th to about yesterday.
Not kilt pins. They do look comet. I've either got or have had woven MOP necklaces like that, never found who made them though.
Who's told you it isn't, and how did they test?
I was thinking Premier Designs, yes!
I suspect finding Old Stuff being so way less common in the USA, that it colours one's thinking. In my neck of the woods, we dig Roman tile sherds...
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