I've a feeling some of the name ones were made as fair souvenirs and the like. Twisted to order on the day.
It's 50s or 60s. The Bitossi Facebook group are good on makers, but I suspect it's Bellini or Fratelli Fanciulacci.
Daft sod. ;) It's got a date: MXMC?
Nice. Those toggle clasps are no older than the 90s.
I've a bracelet somewhere rather like that. @Any Jewelry
The receipt is from Macau, not HK. It's Mastercard, not Amex, too. It does look very typical of tourist pieces.
Thanks all! I do suspect that this is a later piece but not brand new. I own some genuinely old Benin pieces: grandparents bought them pre WW1....
Those names go from the 20s to at least the 50s. Hat looks 50s ish. And the propeller is the "newest", 60s. IMO!
The lovely enamel one and the marcasite look 20s ish. I'd not really call them sash brooches, but hey. The blue, a bit later. 30s at the earliest,...
Oh yes. I've had mud encrusted glass before now.
I've got a couple of those. Indian, I think. They're 90s.
Or Moorish. He has a traditional dagger and hookah/shisha.
He's Japanese, rather than Chinese. https://weaponsandwarfare.com/2017/09/19/samurai-the-warrior-class-of-feudal-japan/ [IMG]
That's a way better explanation than mine. ;) I've seen this wood/smoke stuff on the Great Pottery Throw Down, it's fascinating how they do it.
Frosted. And I know the mark but can't fish it out of my head.
That cat is very Louis Wain.
Blonde moment, my friend. ;)
I'm no expert on this, but some is smoke fired which I think yours is.
Given the back, I suspect Boer War. A 19 teens brooch wouldn't have a tube hinge.
Your owl is porcelain, johhny.
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