Welz. Probably. Certainly Bohemian, late 19th/early 20th. Nice, too.
That was it. Yes, it's a fabulous place.
Jablonec/Gablonz was THE centre of both wonderful rhinestones and glass stones and garnets.
I've seen that mark here, too. Can't for the life of me remeber who made them, but fairly recent.
Vulture or snake.
That's the one! And yes, I did indeed see it. From memory, it was over restored in the thirties, I think. I'll see if I can find the photos of...
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I've some mixed silver and gold similar pieces with Greek motifs on, such as the Acropolis, so that's where my head was going.
If those are as glass as they look, Bohemian early 20th.
Greek, I think. @Bronwen @Any Jewelry
I suspect the little tureen is Italian.
In the UK, you can buy fabric dining table protectors. I'd go for that.
A true French one would have had a marble top, probably.
They were pretty unusual, but my best friend had one. Or at least, her mother did. That would have been mid sixties. Freezers were way more...
It shows up here on things like fifties blue and white transferware, for example. My surmise was it was done for export, but who knows. The...
There's some makers marks as well which are a bit cryptic to say the least. ;) I can see why they confuse.
Small point. Some pottery and china in the UK has been marked dishwasher and/or detergent safe since the fifties. So it might be a bit older,...
I'm with aj, it's the Lady Diana thing.
I'd have grabbed them too. Quality.
Damn you, I've got an earworm.
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