It's used by many so called Capodimonte factories. That looks 1960s to me.
Yup, I've seen those US feedsacks. I don't know why we never did it here. They did get used as rag rug bases, but they were plainish hessian.
Shape is based on ancient Roman glass.
I've a fair few bits of Chinese export. This does look pretty typical.
Not feedsack if it's British, we didn't do that clever thing of patterning them. it does look like 30s dress or curtain fabric.
It's a microcosm of British social history, isn't it. Lots of links.
How long is it? That's a clue to age.
The Chinese have made millefiori type beads for centuries. Those colours look off for Italian.
First thought is motor bike.
Indian, probably made in Benares/Varanasi. Much better quality than many.
I really like them.
As Debora rightly says, it's Toledo Ware. Probably sixties, a souvenir piece. It's worth a little more than you paid, but not a vast amount.
I'd have known that was Brit before even seeing the base. ;)
It's like silver: the bulk made in Birmingham, sold all over. Centralisation and all that.
We bought ours in London. ;) They were in decent shops and deparment stores. Bit like Aquascutum. Interestingly, I think I may have known one of...
The scramble, as I said, is an Aladdins Cave, Perthshire. Value varies slightly according to the number of layers, but they come up often on Ebay....
They did indeed do mail order. The company name was Sartor: they used "The" as an emphasis on the coat, if that makes sense. Bit like Raleigh...
Where is this weight? The date cane ones here are often attributed to Walsh Walsh or Bacchus. It is indeed a scramble millefiori.
Sartor was sold in London and other cities, so she could have bought it elsewhere. Those sometimes had belts, and not always with loops. By the...
Green sommerso with aventurine. ;)
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