I think it may have been the lid to a pot which some kind of foodstuff was sold in. That happened: and people then kept the things as ornament.
It's British, mid 19th C. Several possibilities: Beardmore and Birks, Bailey and Ball, Bridgwood and Burgess and some others. Flora is the pattern...
Agreed.
I was about to say dressage, but of course @KSW knows. ;)
I don't know about Persian fabrics, but that lion does look like the ones you get on Persian enamel jewellery, doesn't he.
A purdonium!
A pot lid and it might be food related, we used lions as symbols. I think he may be as early as late 18th. And might well be British.
We had and still have so many small artisan makers that you may never find out who made this. I'd agree on brutalist.
That's a modern stopper, certainly.
The blue thing is meant to be a snake. Flaming hellfire, you stole both of those.
It's nice quality. On the cut and colour, I'd favour later, 70s or 80s.
Any time I see Horta mentioned, I'm in Star Trek mode.
Redware: it's not an incorrect term, it's just that it isn't commonly used here. I'm wondering who wrote the Cauldon piece for them. It doesn't...
I'd agree it's not a typical Mdina stopper. It does look Maltese though, so maybe Mtarfa, Valletta or MDG even.
I definitely think that's an import mark. I also think your N3 is a stylised NB.
Probably says Made in England.
I'll have a look in the studio pottery bible. Also, there's an excxellent Facebook group called British Studio Mystery Pots or similar.
Pink is more Mdina than Murano.
There's some very nice glass being made in China.
We don't call it redware, it's just a red clay body, which is typical. 1925 would be fine as a later production. I'd really like a sharp focus...
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