AHA! Photo? I might be able to suggest what it is.
I adore miniatures. My bucket list find would be a Doulton Lambeth plumbing suitcase of them.
Ow! That's damn painful. Sympathies.
Oh, that is FABULOUS. I'd think from the style and being black, it's 20s or 30s. These weren't so much samples, as little gifts to customers:...
That's weird. Are you sure it says Finland? Not that I'm impugning your eyesight!
Bohemian stamped brass. Late 19th.
That's slate. I once found two bronze Chinese stands on a skip.
I hate to say this, but in the UK, these only sell for scrap value. Which is a real shame.
If you're thinking Mats Jonasson Maleras on the squirrel, it isn't. Which doesn't mean I can remember who it is though.
Very true!
The amber glow is very distinctive, it's a bluish veil effect. That cracking suggests acrylic which has aged.
Hm. Blue tradescantia rather than trillium. (It comes with astonishing purple foliage and pink flowers too, I grow that.)
I'm thinking Austrian, given those are alpines. Gentian. There's a few factories used impressed marks like that.
I'd suspect sold as a tourist souvenir joss stick holder - or the pot might have had dried flowers.
Middle one is A Wade, 99 I reckon. The Gilda one looks student or hobby signed.
I'd think tobacco. This was made for the working man, so to speak, so about the right size. And yes, built in striker.
Flaming heck that's a lot. I'd expect that for a high end place that gets serious money. I sold a couple of things through Tooveys, who were...
I sell at a couple of local auctions. £1.50 lotting fee, ten percent commission; one of them does a £1 lotting fee. Prices are surprisingly good...
I was clear as mud. What I meant was that companies here often save money by generally using multi lingual labels to meet EU , Canadian or...
Hummingbird would make sense, then.
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