It does look like fag smoke and grease to me, too. A wipe over with the equivalent of Fairy liquid and water won't hurt. The cheap bread used as...
It's an early one. I'd need to find the reference for sure, but I'll stick with at least early 20th.
Totally agree on your dating of the back.
Late 19th Bohemian, I reckon.
Late 19th into early 20th, I'd say. Aesthetic.
It needs a clean. Don't laugh but cheap white bread is your friend. I'm with French, too.
There's another name. Bother.
Portugal is renowned for filigree, I've seen it there. Problem is, so many countries had it as a tradition. Safety chain may have been added...
Good thought on the rubbing. The silver brooches, I should have said, are by Bernard Instone. Did some lovely bits. I really do like the black...
Raku is basically burnt pottery. Which yours is. I agree it's had some damage.
That looks like Provencal faience to me.
Nice one. I've just remembered there's a Monet Facebook group. Duh.
I'm with a rather talented hobby painter on this.
Excellent explanation, bakers! One other thing. These would be called cabinet cups.
The wee rose gold coloured one? Yes, and I think Persian. It's marked 925 so vermeil.
If you're on Facebook, the Murano group has a massive label album.
Raku by the look of it.
Moroccan or Maghreb anyhow. Austrian or German.
They're certainly British. Not shamrock, purple clover. The other is convolvolus. Both are wild flowers or even weeds which might be a useful...
Yes to Victorian on the brooch. Safety chain.
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