Yup - simply stops stuff sliding off.
Might be shaoshan rather than soapstone.
I like my old jewellery to look old, not brand new. I also like to keep its history - and yes, I wear all of it. But not at once.
I honestly don't think it's nineteenth century, tho'.
It's possible the cabochon is a Ruskin pottery style, rather than glass. I don't think the box is all that old.
Ranunculus (buttercup) are highly toxic.
It's a ground pontil that hasn't been polished. Hand blown.
I love rummaging those sorts of boxes. I've found some seriously good things in them before now.
It's white metal of some sort: that's an oldish photo on a day when the light was a bit pants.
Yup, basically commemorative, possibly tourist. Still done.
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I've got a huge one of those. If I can find it.....
Both papal. Second is Leo 13th. They seem to each have their individual patron saints on the back: first one is Mary Immaculata, I think, second...
My favourite orchids are our tiny wild ones. Invisible, almost, until you spot them in a meadow.
No clobbering, which is nice.
No way would I remove the town name. Given the history of the place, it adds considerably to its interest and value. A Sunshine cloth is all I'd...
I tend to associate those harlequin sets in those particular colourways with the 1950s fwiw.
Morning glory and buttercup.
Grand Tour. ;)
That enamel may be lower grade silver. A little tourist souvenir from someone who took the waters in the late 19th C.
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