Very nice indeed. I'm not as up on Jugendstihl as aj is, but early 20th does look right.
I not only know what they are, I've got some!
Yes to rosaries on both. I think that carving has meaning. Ccan't recall what though.
I've some carved celluloid pieces. The quality is amazing.
I'm with Edwardian too. And it might be a man's. Could be either, tbh.
Carved celluloid probably. And German between the wars. Lily of the valley amongst other things.
I've seen them, had a few. It's possible this one was meant for a comb at the back, coins or whatever in front.
I think that's a comb case.
Rummers are those green glasses. Sock darners are often called mushrooms here!
Yeah, I did wonder about that. I know mine was kosher (!), but I am suspicious of that site.
They were carved wooden boxes with the SS flash on the lid. Apparently, a copy of Mein Kampf was given to every officer as a wedding gift. Ma kept...
Rummers are still made, they're a pig to date. Stick them on the PGP board with more photos, hm?
My mama kept her curlers in an SS Mein Kampf wedding box. A boyfriend had liberated it. Ma felt it would have really pissed off the original owner.
She does look hand done on porcelain. And I agree the frame is way later.
The green glasses are a roehmer/rummer shape.
The back is early 20th.
Thirded on Empoli. Often called apothecary jars, but that's not what they are. ;) The figures are Venetian.
It can be legal. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/dealing-in-items-containing-ivory-or-made-of-ivory
I'd think that a good thought. Much of this well cut Georgian stuff was Irish cut.
Sugar bowl then. Bont is quite different in style, and that's a bluish glaze on the piece in the image. It's based on Chinese, whilst Imari...
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