Got it! Your earrings are, I believe, Avon.
No, but thanks sis. It was very recent, someone thought it was H Samuel.
Got it. The date letter is Dublin 1976. You've Hibernia and also the crowned harp. Left to right, Hibernia, crowned harp and lower case l for...
Oh bother, I'm going to have to try and find it now.....
She's Hibernia, which was later replaced by the harp mark - 2002. That's just a Dublin date letter by the look of it.
Snicker. Someone, I can't recall who had a ring (?) or something stamped HS and nothing more. The piece I found and have now mislaid, had the same...
It's also too heavy a glass.
It's a Celtic font. And badly struck. [IMG]
I agree. It's missing a liner.
I know people in the UK who would fix it really well, but that's no help.
I agree it's a copy, but it may still be an older one. 19th C maybe. Lovely colour.
Daft lot. ;)
If you get UK way, come by, y'all.
My mama had a seal and sealing wax, in the forties. I think I still have it. There was something of a revival as a decorative thing. OK, hoard...
Just found a Thing in the hoard which is stamped HS. It also has an Avon stamp.
Mama had a dripping jar and a lard jar, both in the fridge. Oh, fire toast and dripping and salt!
You can get this professionally fixed and it would be well worth doing. There's two methods. One is muriatic acid, the other is careful polishing...
Spain isn't that noted for antique shopping, it's not a Thing. And you don't get car boots and fleas much. There's some decent shops in Barcelona....
Dripping pot.
That gilding is also very Coalport.
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