Fullers Earth cat litter will help massively. Let them dry RIGHT out and stick them in a bag of it. I've bought enzyme stuff over here, the...
Hm. I'd think either perhaps a jasperware plaque or some kind of Bilston enamel one?
Can I throw into the mix that these are wildly popular in Spain?
The hinge and clasp are1910s or 20s , but I agree, it's been altered. Someone has also scratch tested it. I wonder if it isn't gilded silver. I'd...
Yup, that's the one, die drei kokken. It was in a mixed lot, I think all of fifty pence.
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The names are good: they'd make christening or 18th gifts or whatever.
Possible, they might be cane slices.
Quartz chips. I'd think 60s from the style and clasp.
I'd think Bohemian rather than S&W. Might be Welz. Stick it on the Bohemian Glass FAcebook page, see what they think.
They have to accept returns if a thing is badly misrepresented. https://www.inbrief.co.uk/consumer-law/buying-at-auction/ "However, if the item...
You'd be absolutely entitled to return it. If you like it and it wasn't expensive, then maybe keep it, but it isn't Georgian.
Agreed, it's missing the carving. I'd wear it.
Absolutely agree. And glass is deeply tricksy. I collect Whitefriars, so using online catalogues and such is very useful. I also have reference...
Not a Georgian setting to my eye. That back worries me: almost looks like worn plating. NO might be Norway.
Very sensible, he'll get a free expert opinion on it.
Those arms are quite different from any form here, with the sharp angle like that. And it's less chunky or sturdy.
Identifying Stourbridge glass can be an absolute mare. I've two superb books on it written by Charles Hajdamach who knows more about British glass...
These were often made in India - Benares as was.
I'd love to know how they attribute the glass to S&W. Not impossible that the OPs is S&W, given we Brits imported glass and put silver mounts on...
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