It's definitely a bloke thing.
Lovely knife. Anyone able to help with its age please? It hasan armorial, but I need to resize the photo. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Ahem. Lookit these HONKING earrings for a start. The overlay isn't marked, but I think it may be silver. Anyone recgonise the maker of the...
If it were glass, it would be scavo.
Ah. That's not Whitefriars, it's Polish. Often mistaken for it, though!
I think Louie was Louis. British and American servicemen weren't the best at spelling French names then. Hence, Wipers.
It's deliberate craquelure, I'd say, but with serious age to it. Off the wall and off the top of my head, I actually think it might be Chinese.
I belong to the Glider Pilot Regiment Association. Qualify for my pa: he was trained as both a para and a pilot, recommended for OCTU, but chose...
That's wonderful. And really well made.
There weren't any noteable pressed or moulded glass factories in Brizzle that I can think of. You'd be surprised how poor the finish is on some...
LSA Krosno Poland probably. Go on, show me the Whitefriars.
Oh, good thought.
That Ebay listing is saying generic Majorca rather than Majorica. Not quite sure how they draw that conclusion. Majorica, I've not seen with...
Hm. Not Bristol which is a term far too often used.;) I think this has some real age - late 19th or early 20th. That's frit in it, or muck,...
Majorica aren't glass in the same way that many fake pearls are. They're a core, yes, but layer after layer of fish scale on top. They can indeed...
Egg cup of vinegar will sort that. Beads may well be Italian.
Glass. I suspect Chinese.
Isuspect pale amethysts.
They look like moulds to me.
It's spatter glass, which has been around for a fair old time. Some of those cabochons are very like Welz glass.
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