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Nice job on that caning. It's not cheap to do, either. If I saw it here in the UK, I'd think late nineteenth.
Bird is a sort of bitossi.
Spot on aj, that's exactly what a jumble sale is. No private sellers generally. You do get what are called table top sales, where a church rents...
That flower is in a wee Victorian screw top fob.
Sea eagle, I think - and it's really well carved.
9K means it's not British or even European. Diamond chips are cheap, so the stones might be moonglow type glass if they're not moonstone.
@KSW - totally illegal here, you could get thoroughly done for it. @drg642 - I think that depends on the cleaning solution. Agree on glued in.
Those little wooden holders were originally made to carry cleaning materials and so forth by housemaids. Also shoe cleaning things for one's butler.
That's answered an old question for me. I've had this one for ages. Really well carved. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Oh, Kovels - a jumble sale isn't a flea market, damnit! And you can't sell your own stuff at one. I despair of them.
I've used it on some more delicate pieces, back in the days when I could get cleaning solution which did opals and pearls. I agree, never on foil...
Screams 70s to me.
I'd say burr walnut. Not British, imo, and made for a chap.
Can you read the date on your label? Much of this stuff is unrecorded: my parents' chairs, for example.
Proper fluid. Or plain water to start with. Not washing up liquid, it overfroths. I did my bag with fluid first, to dissolve the crap, then a...
Beat me to it. Late 1930s Gomme, who later sold stuff under the G Plan name. My parents had E Gomme armchairs, which were the best built things...
I'm using lot in the context of lots and lots of covetable Stuff. ;) I want it ALL.
Pottery painters are not known for their botany. Nor are some sellers. Paragon used numbers for patterns a fair bit.
Hispano Moorish sort of. But not Picasso.
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