I love your double front Triang, @KSW
I suspect it's the usual thing: one or two decided on this Islamic market idea and the theory propagated. The influences really came the other...
They may be junking serviceable and well made vintage plumbing in the US and adding to landfill as a result, but that certainly isn't the case in...
These often had wire frogs.
That's 5th Avenue, as is the one that bloke sold. It's right that sommerso is the technique.
I've always been slightly suspicious of the narrative that says stuff was made for the Islamic market in the late 19th and early 20th. My...
@BoudiccaJones needs to see the dolls.
That wide shape is generally a mantel vase.
Art Deco porcelain fixtures like this have a huge market here. That cistern is a good shape. As to Victorian, this is what we were doing here:...
I've got that amethyst one with a different stone. Nice haul!
No, it could well not have a date letter. There's been much argument about these common control marks: some see them as inferior to "proper"...
I don't think any factory would have bothered making a transfer for a decorator's mark. Those were basically used for payment.
The second line is MADE IN and it might be South Australia. So local potter.
Both. It's horribly obscure unless you were an avid fan of Gerry Anderson shows!
I'd wear that, I do like a bit of Egyptian.
I want a miniature Doulton Lambeth loo.
Oh lord, I'm a sad fan. My immediate thought was Captain Scarlet. Only Brits will get that. Probably.
Oh, gilding was absolutely the thing. I've some pieces with wonderful decoration which are about 1820 ish. Yes, the paste looks right and so does...
I find the odd Roman tile sherd.
You need to use @ then the handle.
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