Certainly an Empoli maker, typical shape, colour and honeycomb. Those cats came from a brandy glass, not this one. Some were made by Szeiler.
That's exactly my thought, it looks typical of hotel plate.
Excellent! ;)
I'd take the money and run. ;) You did well, I reckon.
Yup!
They're repro, late 20th. I've seen them like mad here.
Wrong colour for a Whitefriars tricorn, though, and as you say, exaggerated. Might be Japanese.
And you should just see Egyptian pieces!
Pottery and ceramic are basically the same thing. Made from clay. Ceramic includes any kind of thing made from clay including bone china and...
It's trying to be hammered pewter, might help as a search term?
Coiled snakes were a symbol of eternity, especially with the infinity coil. See also Ourobouros. Turquoise has meaning, too.
I do wonder about the stick pin and the chain, they both look good. I'll test anyhow. The moonstone or whatever is rather nicely done too. No...
Ah, I wasn't far off with Beranek then. And it's even in my Sklo Book! http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php?topic=55366.0
If you're on Facebook, there's a couple of decent specialist groups for Czech Glass and for Art Deco Pressed Glass. Might be worth an ask.
Oh, I love the lavaliere. Late 19th ish, good old paste. Needs a gentle clean.
The "onyx" is glass, 1928 company tag, and I think both it and the amethyst are late 80s ish. I'm a sucker for anything scarab. The nice thing...
It could well be, there's some lovely artisan enamel work done by Scottish jewellers, like Sheila Fleet and Orla Gorie. Hm. I. Isobel? Iain?
Hm. Royal Winton did a lot of lustre.
It's a corker, isn't it. I can read I G 925, but no clue who that is. It screams 70s.
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