Bakers, have a look at early Poole patterns and Honiton Ware. You'd be surprised.
That works with that late 19th hinge and clasp. Lovely thing.
Clasp and back look 1920s ish.
Nice. Interesting how it is in the same theme as early Poole and Honiton wares.
Much more modern and I think Indonesian. Or thereabouts.
The surveys are the entire population, so it's feasible that the ten percent might be those older. Good article here, though:...
I think she's Dutch. @Any Jewelry ?
If British, not illiterate in the late 19th. Our factories and education acts had made provision for decent basic education. Literacy was up...
Spill holder, not ink. Not convinced it's English with that frizzly stuff on it,but I'd agree on late 19th. An inexpensive fairing or market buy...
I thought Ruskin style too. I've a feeling that's a British maker.
If you want the bible on British and Irish gold and silver, Jackson's is the thing. It's Jackson's Silver and Gold Marks, by Ian Pickford. You can...
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Yeah, that maker's mark seen on a Chester item is closest, but the date mark will be Dublin, as it's the import office.
Paisley was often woven on what are known as Jacquard looms, which used punched cards to create the pattern. Those became the basis of the punched...
Late 19th. I've seen that numbering style, but my brain isn't working. Austrian or German anyhow.
Long pin is late 19th, too.
I think the problem with some of the date letter websites is that they sort of give the impression that the cartouche shape is vital and that you...
OK, not 1966. The shape of the Y is all wrong - 1966 has horizontal cross bars on the foot and forks and is totally straight line. I think that...
I know it gets said much that we didn't use 925 before the 90s, or that it means newer, but that's really not true. I have a Charles Horner...
Probably one of the Durand factories.
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