I've a cheap fold up studio thing, simply to get a neutral background. Natural daylight usually. Lumix cameras use really good lenses, and the...
Gawd, there's me thinking the colour balance was a bit off because the backing looked slightly blueish! ;) Thanks for the compliments! I use a...
RCR is relatively inexpensive glass. Given the base is silver, I'd have expected "nicer" bottles, and probably cut at that.
The screws are way later, so is that handle - 19th C. 17th C would have been pegged with nailed hinges. The top has real age, but I'm not sure...
The common one is Sunny Jim. The originals were 20s, but they got reissued. Some you bought, some were giveaways.
Hm. Panama Canal?
Bracelet isn't marked but it does feel and smell silver. I really like the sixties German brooch, it's super colours. The silver and enamel one is...
How well do those bottles fit? I'm not totally convinced they're original.
I think butter pat is more probable.
Those were cut out kits.
German or Austrian, don't know which maker.
You're looking for a bluish green glow, very diffuse and spread through the piece. If you simply see a blue dot, not amber. Salt water test isn't...
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Went to a little indoor car boot sale Saturday, then another little one closes by. The three costume brooches were sold to me by a delightful ten...
Hm. Might be dichroic glass
Remind me of mirror screws.
You need a UV torch: cheap on Ebay.
The backs are mid 19th to early 20th. Given the lack of a duty mark, probably later in the 19th.
It's the tube hinge rather than the twisted wire?
Yeah, bearded! ;) Thanks most much folks. I think mine are slightly older, as in maybe 70s from the wear on them. There's some amazing...
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