Ahem. Grumpy person of serious Scottish ancestry here. It's only the drink, that's Scotch, never the person. We are Scottish, as a description...
Blast. There used to be an excellent website, Rob's Poole Pottery, but he seems to have taken it down.
Someone got inspired by Egyptian jewellery, there.
I think the frame is way nicer than the carving, but ymmv.
Here's tae us, wha's like us, bloody few, and they're aw deid. That was ours.
Ah, that's better.Ta.
Am I the only one seeing what look suspiciously like Shraeger lines in that "celluloid"?
Real thing, old hinge, might be a tad earlier than the 1880s. I've picked things up from pros before who missed them.
I'm thinking it was a double pot cupboard.
I'd agree on late 70s/early1980s, that style was huge. I had a couple of very similar fake furs with leather stripes. Does look mink.
Agreed, costume except the ring. Might be Avon, they did a fair bit of NA inspired.
So, not one Gospel written contemporaneously even according to a fundie website, and many books well after the death of the "author". Anyhow, I...
Which reminds me: I read this on FB, it's hysterical. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-51311739
The label underneath is a BSI kitemark, which does indicate some quality. I think they'd be very easy to recover, but the shape isn't fashionable....
I see these a great deal. Made in India.
Meh, most of the Bible was written centuries after, anyhow. And don't get me started on dodgy translations. Back to treasures: I'll take...
I'm going out now. I may be some time. ;)
Ah, ok, let me see what emerges. ;)
That was my thought, a lacquer coating.
Hm. I'll have a hoard hunt. Plain red glass, round - what size?
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