Those wired brooches are usually Austrian, 50s ish with that AB coating to it. No earlier. The one with the heart might be some kind of award...
Also sold in the thousands in Catholic shops and churches outside Italy.
I don't think a band was applied. I think prunts of cranberry were added, then cut.
Where did you find them in SCOTLAND? Do tell.
Can you get a close up of the buttons? My immediate thought is Bohemian, rather than British.
A very nice gift - he chose well.
Nudge me, I'll go look in the BSPM book.
Thoroughly recommended, I buy them from Ebay USA.
And the rest. It's at least a couple of thou here. I suspect a fair chunk more than that....
If you'd want to replace it, then yes, insure. What do you think needs doing? Other than the lock and leather, it looks fine, I'd probably leave...
I have an Ugly Pot. A friend was clearing out her dad's house and described it to me as that. You've never seen anyone move so fast in your life:...
Sunshine cloth, absolutely.
Potentially, four figures with that stamp. it's been got at slightly, as I say, the lock looks much newer and the leather's been damaged or...
Isn't he cute?
Can't find these, so I'm cheating and asking the assembled wisdom. ;) [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
OH! What a very nice find. That stamp lifts it into good and collectable with real value. That stamp was used from the late 18th C up to the mid...
Amita would make sense, good point about the shape, aj. And 20s would fit with the later revival. Howard Carter and all that. The bracelets have...
These are claimed to be 1920s, but the back on yours is older. [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
Not all Damascene comes from Toledo. ;) And not all has silver. Toledoware, strictly speaking is that pressed and coloured metal,often not even...
The inlay might be gold, but it will only be very thin. Stuff travels. ;)
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