That looks great: I think the clasp is a massive improvement.
I am very fond of sea beasties. I did an Advanced Marine Zoology course years back, which was utterly fascinating. I can still recite the life...
Yup, sometimes called craquelure. This looks very even and considered, hence my comment.
Yup, more is needed. The shape is often called a loo table.
Chinese. The eyes are actually one of the clues: they have a look to them. Base also, it's got very regular crazing. It is rather cute.
If they unscrew, piercings.
AHA! Thanks me dear, I'd not found that. I wonder where someone pinched this from. ;)
That, I agree with.
Nope. I've photos of female relatives taken during WW2 with similar hair and clothing, and of that size, too. There's plenty of contemporaneous...
Most welcome. The woman look as though she has what was called a Liberty cut hair style:...
Probably a small cabochon sapphire.
Natural - that kind of consistent colour can't be replicated by dying. And it would have coloured the barnacle.
I think it's far more likely that Grandpapa liberated that case. My Pa did a bit of that. Importing German silver cases would have been unusual in...
It might be a wartime photo - don't forget, women here were wearing clothes they'd bought before the war, and many had shorter hair, too. 5th Bn...
How do things end up over here.... Am I right in thinking this is Forbes? If so, what sort of age, please? [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Complete with barnacles, which is rather nice.
Give it a wipe with a damp piece of old towel, that will take crud off, but not patina.
I've seen that vase, can't recall who made it. Try the British studio pottery Facebook pages.
The terms seem to be used interchangeably these days. I've seen brand new Thai jewellery which says Siam.
It's a variant on mercury glass.
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