Russian. The bit on the back is the price. 15 kopeks. I'm too sleepy to translate. ;)
Told you so. ;)
Doorstop. Nice one.
Certainly a little novelty string holder. I agree box is old. I think the hinges are too, but someone replaced the nails. Happens a lot.
Ammonia clears the sinuses wonderfully well.
The glass colour and those lenses are fairly typical. Yours is a nice one.
If you don't have ammonia, vodka works.
Yup, E Gomme was pre war, then went on to produce G Plan post war. My parents had E Gomme chairs, with similar wire twist spring supports to yours.
Wee lava cameo in silver followed me home. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
You stole that. ;)
Agree on date, and what it is. Sunshine cloth will do it, but I'd give it an ultrasound to get the crud out first.
Who on EARTH is calling that Palissy ware? ;) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palissy_ware I agree, horribly sloppy. And brand harry spankers, to...
As I said, seen a fair few in my time. ;)
LCT, whoever that might be. It isn't Pallissy in style or even majolica. Gut feel is relatively recent.
Late 19th makes sense to me.
I'm not convinced on Portuguese, shapes all wrong. Funnily enough, I bought my BFF one of the supposedly doll size ones a few years back.
Clay, base is all wrong, lack of age, lousy painting slapped on, fake wear, fake crackling, the really badly done blue with the spongeware...
Oh, hope you grab the other!
1920s/1930s ish and seriously good quality. Might be someone like E Gomme. Arms look like beech. Well worth recovering.
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