I've got very similar bracelets in goldtone, bought new by Ma in the early 60s.
I'd just use a soft brush on it, gently - an old paintbrush maybe. Probably not wax the painted bits, or at least, try a tiny bit first. If you...
1960s into 70s. Probably had matching lipstick caddies and other wotnots.
Aha. Speaks with a West Country accent, then. ;)
I think the legs are what they are: of the age and type a country carpenter would have done. I don't think the moulding is later, neccessarily....
Agreed!
If it's English and country made, which I think it is, then the narrow planks don't surpise me one whit. We used vast amounts of timber for...
Early 20th English. Or it would be, if I saw it here.
Table looks late 18th to me with those paint colours.
Hm. Cannetile work. Style is Middle EAstern but the mark isn't.
It''s dipped jasperware, which is slightly less common. Late 19th.
I'd have grabbed those for the unusual glass.
If you call me, I shall come. ;) Not Minton, imo, the clay colour is all wrong and I don't think it's "fine" enough. Minton would have a nice...
The Facebook page is definitely there, https://www.facebook.com/groups/1545941745690762/ . I just looked!
Glass looks French.
In France, it would be a marmite. A bread crock is a different thing, it's an earthenware vessel with a lid which you store bread in. [IMG]
Glass technique looks like battuto
I don't think Whittington, but I think it's from a church. Phooey.
Clasps are much later than the ages of the brooches, they're rollovers. I'll bet the second one is Middle Eastern. First one does look Edwardian...
Bohemian glass, French top. We did the same: imported glass and embellished it.
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