Martini jug!
I don't think it's American. Off to hunt the book.
Agreed.
Good point on the handle, bit earlier here.
See also Lady Hale and her spider. My experience is that of aj, too. And blokes are wearing brooches. As to Caplan, the people who buy from her...
It's very high quality cutting. That shape is typically mid to late 19th. Claret or similar. It doesn't have the grey tinge of earlier glass.
That's a long handled planter. I own short handled ones. Takes out a neat nice core of earth without having to shift loads of it.
Cut lead crystal, mid to late 19th and very nicely done. I'd suspect perhaps Irish cutters. I've Andy McConnels definitive book on decanters and...
You're very welcome.
Caplan has a major physical presence in several high end department stores, not just JL. And the JL branch I was in had an entire large display of...
I think they're kiwi fruit. ;)
I have. I've old micro mosaic with trombones, and have owned pique work with them, too. And I've seen modern pieces sur le continent with trombones.
AHA! Yes, that's it. Thank you hugely. That makes perfect sense with the nice stone, too.
That's lovely Victorian pique, as aj says.
Trombones are still used in Spain, for example. Also Turkey. That bird screams and shouts sixties to me. As to brooches not being popular,...
The best test for true jet is to see if it leaves a smear on unglazed ceramic. I'd agree these are nice old glass.
That's a thought, not done that.
Gotcha, good thought.
I sold two like this for a Jewish friend. They'd been made from earrings.
Might try that with caution, the blackening looks deliberate.
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