That Italian cat planter is super, I'd keep that. Nice art too.
I know what you mean, I'm horrified at what shows up at car boot sales.
I see a pontil. I'd think fifties.
I'm surprised they're that much, tbh.
Correct in principle, but in practice artisans hallmark. It's virtually unsaleable as silver otherwise. Not gilt metal but white metal.
Plastic. Nice, but I'd not go more than 5.
I do wonder why the family gave away or sold this, given its history. I wonder if it's worth contacting the descedants - or maybe Kneller Hall...
Lovely job, that.
In the UK, even handmade pieces must be hallmarked or you can't call them silver.
It looks as though they used the term student for British Army too:...
Military bandspeople are all enlisted. I think the Marines, especially, would be slightly pee'd to be called not real soldiers. They do the same...
Cornish or Devon, indeed.
Some Indian non jools are 900 or above: teasets and such.
Yup, and not even all British precious metal is marked.
I strongly suspect the pink ones had a Lavorazione Arte Murano label. Made in the style of Murano glassmakers, but not by one. I've seen a fair few.
Kneller Hall is the Army School of Music, and very competive for entry. He'd have been highly talented. He'd also have had to be Army. My car...
I'd think Indian too. It may be older than you think. Indian men had small wrists. Agree the snakes go on the outside.
We do call that motto ware, although as you know now, it's not British.
I've certainly seen MET and METAL , and did surmise this might be a similar mark.
Spot on! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Borrowers
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