Good Catholic households had these in every room when I was growing up, just as you went in the door.
I saw mahogany in the wild on Barbados last year. Magnificent trees: locally, the seed husks, which are HUGE are used as fuel.
Agreed, modern Chinese.
I've my mother's Meisterstuck: it's a fabulous maroon colour. Pa had a bit of luck on a deal an brought it home for her one day. It never leaves...
Printed tin and that looks typical of 1920s ish British ones.
Won't be mahogany, though, will it, exports are banned.
Duct tape. ;)
Ah, OK - M&S ones are normally acrylic or similar. If it's china, I'd do the same thing but with a different glue.
Sunshine Cloth on the silver.
Shoulders on that look late 80s into 90s. I wonder who stole that hanger. ;)
The rainbow stains will be where something has come into contact with the silver and reacted with it. A Sunshine Cloth might fix it.
I would use a decent glue first - those trays are polymer acrylic, so one suitable for that. Run a layer round the crack and let it dry. I would...
Agreed, Fatima not Lourdes.
Chest looks Chinese to me.
I'll tag you in next time. ;)
UK, me! But I organise the one here every year.
I've not seen memoriam pieces, but I do own several birth ones.
I'll be doing the Gift Exchange again. ;)
The date wiill refer to 1848, not 1948 - I'd suspect it was Mr C's birthday.
Yup, that's the one!
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