Probably Ridgway or Dudson, mid 19th C.
Toothpicks probably.
I favour repro, but a good one. The cheapies tend to have just printed glass rather than engraved and filled. The brewery went in the early 50s.
I don't think it was meant as a wedding band - we tend not to do silver ones, for a start. I think it's one of those LOTR fannish things. I've a...
Just fished mine out and all it says is 925. So not very helpful!
I've seen this here, too: usually Nailsea made. I suspect many makers did them.
Bargain. ;)
I have London Underground 1938 stock OO gauge carriages and a driving car. ;)
I'd like to smack whichever grandchild thought those of such little worth.
Hah. I have the identical ring. I don't think it's meant to be anything, other than decorative. Grooves: cotton bud aka Q tip will do it.
I saw you get a very fast answer, they're a great bunch.
And then there's pocketses.
I've seen and owned mini decanters which were all one piece with just a base stopper.
Nope! You'd think a glass cone would be obvious.
I did post it here a few years back. ;)
The older ones are typically engraved and gilded, so that's a good sign - and the frame looks better in close up. I do think, that if it's...
Back is pretty recent. If that's an older sign, someone has had it framed. I'd be sorely tempted to dissasemble it.
It's a mini spirit decanter. Sold with a liquor in it, and a stick on label or two. Beswick did them, amongst others.
Ooohhhh..... I'm addicted to that model railway competition programme.
This is what it's purporting to be, by the way: https://stmargarets.london/archives/2015/03/isleworth_brewery.html...
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