Bullion and made in India - you've the remnants of the stamp, even. The latch pins are still used.
Those are Neiger. The geometric beads are well known.
The hinge is late 19th, but the pin and clasp have been amended.
I'd have said Japanese, oddly. We got a lot of that kind of clay and glaze speckled stuff here in the 70s. And the sun face and blue lining, too.
The swan is lovely - what are the maker's initials, on the off chance I can guess the name?
Very nice quality. I'd get a heatproof mat made of the right size to protect the table when you use it.
You are a woman of taste. L'Engle?
Ah, but do you know what a tesseract is?
We are all Smaug.
I'd have thought pre WW2 - that back is better than the 50s and 60s stuff.
No, it's a more common place name. Arg.
There's a word for that oval and I have totally forgotten it.
I know Hungerford - great to browse, but often overpriced. The place I mentioned is White Lion Antiques.There's also Eversley Barn close. Nice...
I am pouting at the thought of a car boot sale. ;)
I've found odd bits of Roman tile in the garden. I think these days, most detectorists are pretty decent.The PAS scheme encourages honesty.
Banana skins work really well when some fool has used Tarnex.
I think saphiret. The side view of that small cabouchon looks right to me.
I think the legal detectorists and certainly the mud larkers do it for just that reason. A fascination with what went before. I do remember a...
There's a decent antiques mall place near Farnborough - A30, just west of Blackbushe - with a cracking cafe. Do you know it? (I sometimes frequent...
I love it when they incorporate like that. I used to walk past, and touch, our Roman Wall every morning on the way to work.
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