Not dumb, and yes, the area gave its name to the style.
West German or Austrian I suspect. 60s or 70s.
Indian bullion work on velvet. I'd suspect 60s from the style and fitments, although still made.
The motifs are Celtic with Jerusalem crosses, fwiw.
Westerwald was my thought on that salt glazed blue .
There you go. It's too pretty to scrap, must be useable for something. If you could find an old wooden topped brush that size......?
Chribska usually has a nice polished base, yes.
Or actually, thinking about it, the top from a clothes brush.
Nail buffer is one possibilty, but it might also be missing a wooden insert - so it could be a lid for a cut glass hatpin holder. Given the...
It's Czech. Chribska. (The word is sommerso, by the way, meaning submerged.)
I've had something with that mark and did work out what Japanese maker it was. Let me go hunt....
Marie, that's pretty close to proper! ;) I do like polluted water.Very accurate. My favourite pot is a sixties Old Hall stainless steel one. It...
Yup, very large sash buckle, would have been used on something like a grosgrain fabric. Mid 19th I suspect.
I've got modern pieces with trombone clasps. Very popular in the Middle East, they're so secure.
Foil backed glass, foil backed rhinestones, both are fine. And you're welcome.
They may well be of that age, sherds get found all the time. Most of that doesn't look British .
Glass, 1960s into early 70s.
I've never seen a Bex like that. As you say, usually the Art Deco styles.
I've not heard of a specific name, but there has to be one, I'd have thought.
Tea is the eighth sacrament here. It is a solemn thing. And tea bags are the work of Satan, as is any kind of chai or other mucked about with...
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