That's it! Aller, near Langport. I've even been there. http://www.studiopottery.com/cgi-bin/mp.cgi?item=283
1950s or thereabouts and absolutely typical. Nice one, too.
Agreed, dress clip which has been hung on a chain.
Where'd you find it? Looks like a British studio pottery, whose name escapes me.
I think I've posted both mine before. I need to go fish out some of the others, don't I. I am drooling over these.
Their geography is a tad challenged. Benin is an independent nation.
Early 20th that is. I can't see it that well, but vulcanite or maybe bog oak. You could pin it on a backing maybe.
Both mine were in charity shops and cheap as anything. Silver, hallmarked and Bohemian garnets. The blue stone in the first is, I think, a...
I'm not exactly of faith any more, but I do have some nice crosses. A couple of garnet ones, for a start. And my silver baby crucifix. [ATTACH]...
There's a wonderful emerald salamander brooch in the Cheapside Hoard, but I can't find a back image. I've seen some early ones, and they were...
He's a piano baby if that helps.
That's better!
That would do it!
Also, Alsatian.
I wonder if that's Tilgmanns.
The IC might be the maker. I've seen British pieces with SILVER or STERLING and maker's initials. Bernard Instone for example.
I think those are missing glass liners.
The back! [ATTACH]
No, it was definitely made in 1848, it wasn't a later commemorative. It was presented by Queen Victoria....
ddoty.com is excellent for carnival patterns.
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