Screams Czech 30s to me.
Sugar crushers.
I've seen those here. Sometimes a tiny impressed mark which tracked back to a Japanese company - that glaze is very Japanese as is the base and...
That back is typicallty 60s .
@johnnycb09 - yes, spotted it, knew what it was, grabbed it. ;)
Delsart is a French or Catalan name. I like that. The Margo de Taxco. Rubbish photos on an ipad, but hey. The enamelling is exquisite. It looks...
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I was clear as mud - yes, I meant we might have imported the jade. I'm unsure aboue whether Canada made stuff ever had simply 9 ct as a marking....
@Bronwen . Yup, a rather magnificent clock.
@Any Jewelry - yes, A&C especially with that setting, which is simple in style but clever. It's also very well made. Each prong is well matched...
1980s decorator piece, I suspect.
Not Doulton quality - it would be a Burslem piece. Many English factories made similar.
If it's small, it's earlier. And if it's only marked 9 ct then it's pre WW2, almost certainly. That setting looks late 19th into early 20th to me,...
I've not found a decent online resource for Burslem. The problem is that the vast majority of decorator and piece work marks for ANY Staffordshire...
I know that site very well, they're all Lambeth marks. it's very misleading in the sense that it doesn't make that clear on each page. It also...
Bronwen's are almost certainly from a garniture.
sis, that's a Lambeth mark on that site, not a Burslem one.
Sweeties!
Agreed - and possibly a crafter.
It's the same chap, I reckon. It talks about him starting off in Bermondsey, which is where that label is from. I think this thing started life...
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