British. That looks like one of the pseudo marks made to look Chinese. Early 19th or even late 18th. And yes, it's been drilled.
Well, those are rather nice. Sommerso foiled is a term. The little faceted beads look more Bohemian/Czech to me, as does that clasp. The colour...
I have garden ornaments which are ceramic insulators from the Met Line. Made by Doulton Lambeth, thus feeding that addiction as well. You find...
Us space geeks would love that thing. Very very saleable.
The Jubilee buttons are fairly common, and I do like them. My door number came from the Victoria Line. ;)
I think it's Elvish.
I had a datura literally appear in my front garden. I ended up removing it, though - they're very poisonous, despite being lovely.
Looks more like light oak. I actually like the pale colour better than the dark, but that's me.
Late 19th. Probably Bohemian might be English.
I'd say carnelian.
I'd say typical of a good honest country maker who wanted to make a sturdy piece of furniture. The splay adds stability.
That's veneered. OPs is a thick solid front. It varies.
Try scavo.
Not seeing laminations on that. I need to take photos of some comparative dovetails when I get time. Some have scribe lines, some don't.
1940s or 50s Italian, I suspect.
Phil, I'll be interested to see the reality of it. ;) I'd have bought that as a nicely made and really useful thing.
Plywood means later in the US, but this is English. It was patented here at the end of the eighteenth century. That looks an older piece to me:...
I counted to about one and a half. ;) AJ, it's going in The Hoard. I like it a lot. The two of them cost me roughly sixteen dollars.
True!
The construction is really unusual, and very well made. It's sort of filigree but not!
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