The best were made by a Swedish company whose name escapes me.
Beat me to it: Maas will indeed work and you can buy it here.
I'll go with Cheryl's take, iguana it is. I suspect Ebay UK won't allow it, long dead even.
One of my all time favourite authors, he is.
Specifically, a lyre skelton clock.
Me too. Those look like nice old paste.
Bowl looks typically Staffordshire Imari palette to me. We exported and imported, so the mount may well have been brought in.
I'd grab that. It looks late 19th to me, out of fashion but nicely made. Interesting armorial: I wonder where it came from.
Huge ones are still found: builders unearthed a 500 lb one not that far from me about four years ago.
Hm. We've always called it snake, but I'll entertain possibilities. ;) Given it's in the UK, I'm not sure ring lizard is that likely?
There's a tendency to find the odd unexploded bomb or two, we've a few of those still.
I'd say not Empoli made, but I don't know who did make it.
And that's true micro mosaic, too.
Magnet fishing is huge here. London canals are full of all sorts of weird stuff.
Get a UV light on it to start with.
I've a few with those dangles, always thought 30s Czech.
Oh, I've a pendant a bit like this. @Any Jewelry identified it as Newari work.
I'd say carved celluloid.
Yup!
Pin back is recent ish, someone added it.
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