The one you showed the picture of. Looks a bit shiny, and some of the screws are new. Someone has put new screws on those drawer handles too....
I'd give that a gentle clean with a Sunshine Cloth, it will look very fine then. Shape and style are typically late 19th, so it could be of that...
Most welcome.
More photos please, especially what's going on with those drawers. And the backs of the handles. I agree it may well be English, and at first...
And if it helps, it's a hammered or planished torc. Nice one, too.
Second one looks production, especially with that impressed date.
You can also do that aging thing with liquid manure.
Ahem. May I point out that Portland is also a stone: much of Victorian high end London is built of it. It comes from the isle of Portland. ;)...
More than just Europeans used them: Indian and Middle Eastern, North African as well. Colonial influence. But certainly all those you've mentioned...
Try it on the Bitossi Facebook page, I bet they know.
That colour looks typical of Rajasthan, as does the embroidery and bullion work.
Looks like the end of a trombone clasp sticking out.
Thirded.
Might be Latvian.
I still want that Doulton. Hm. So many bits, mostly hoard jools. I think the Clichy scramble on [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
Some suncatchers had frames - it does look like one.
I'm gonna stalk you, I swear. Charity shop?
High Art Deco, made after Carter discovered Tut's tomb, these were all the rage. Also, Czechoslovakia didn't exist as a nation much before then....
In Turkey, the streets are full of shops displaying signs saying "GENUINE FAKE BAGS". Does make me laugh, rather.
Not typical of the factories there at all.
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