Yes, I thought that too.
It most certainly is not a student piece. And anyone trying to gain employment would make something far more complex to show off skills....
And to me.
It does, but I thought I was missing something! fwiw, when I saw this, I thought English early 19th.
I'm being dim. Why do you think Italian?
Yes, ballpoint or roller ball. Probably plated, they're very good qualty.
If they really are Elkington, they'll be silver plate that's lost the plate.
I agree with davey about the UK value. £50 plus a little bit.
And bone china. Coalport.
Agreed: look at local studio potters.
I saw that one, I wonder where they got the attribution from.
I sold a bottle ticket which simply had the word Reading on it. Rare as hen's teeth.
I was a sales person all my working life. You never lose the rush. ;)
It might be limescale, worst case is glass sickness. I'd try vinegar first, doesn't matter if it's brown or white. If you can get them, there are...
GOT IT!!!! https://www.amazon.co.uk/Masonic-Degree-Provincial-Breast-Jewel/dp/B01M6X9F9W It's a Masonic Mark Degree Provincial Breast Jewel...
Hm. I'm now rethinking. Maroon and blue are Masonic colours. But that's not a Masonic emblem.
Car booty, obvs. It isn't writing, it's sort of scroll decoration. This thing is driving me mad! I think the thing with the ends is a mallet of...
It amuses me that one is holding a piece of Cornish Ware. Which was made hundreds of miles away!
Hm. There's a fair few similar style show up as supposedly Webb Persian, but who knows. Looking at this again, I don't think it has Webb quality...
It's annoyingly familiar.
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