PUT DOWN THE DAMN PAINTBRUSH. ;)
German or Austrian, late 19th.
Spot on. They are indeed often called page turners, but are actually page splitters.
I bet those are French.
I'm in the UK, which is why your dressing table was so familiar. I'll admit I did realise you were over here: the clue was in your light...
I suspect this one was made in the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong. ;) Many were and they're lovely. I've beaded tops from the same time period.
Lord, I do love formal French.
Yup, hence testing them.
1960s ish. Not much value, sadly.
Try the jet on some unglazed white china. If it smears, it's real. You g'gma's buttons may be silver. Carded buttons sell well.
I think 20s or 30s. That whole sort of Japonesque Deco feel.
He has, he's been defocked or excommunicated. ;)
These were in a little set of larger jug and six wee monks to drink from. Goebbel of course.
I do love evening bags. The woman selling this said it had been her grandmother's. Never used, probably late 50s/early 60s and going in the Hoard....
I love that Dali brooch, I'd have grabbed that. Ring is meant to be a buckle, I'd say.
If you get a rusty thing like that again, soak it in olive oil for a week. It decruds nicely.
That's British looking at the plinth bases. And very nice, too. Figured Burr walnut, early 1930s, possibly a good veneer. Properly called a...
Is it working? The strap is lovely, as is the face.
Agreed,Victorian, not AN or A&C.
It's the upside down one, below the KK image.
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