It's dead right. Nice find.
I'd have a go with denture tablets, too.
Sometimes, the ones with no knobs are opened by slightly pushing the drawer in.
Cannetile, fwiw.
Well done, sis!
Certainly Bohemian. Early 20th or so, and lovely.
Most welcome.
I'd remove that fob, much prettier without.
Hm. Mid to late 19th C Staffordshire, flowers are a mix of dianthus and cornflower. The problem is that literally hundreds of factories made this...
Gawd, that's smudged. Let me think.
I suspect Chelsea is the shape name, rather than a clue to the company. I'd like it in the blue and cream sans those naff flowers.
Los pescadores de pais (something) . I reckon that's somewhere up on the Costa Brava, north of Barcelona. Which would make sense of it being on...
It's that VC and the date mark. Absolutely typical of a hobby painter. The Chelsea England impressed mark is also typical of inexpensive at the...
It once was a single colour. That's a hobby painter's mark on the base.
Voysey was far more than "just" a designer. He didn't publish pattern books, but rather took a holistic approach to the entirety of a house, or...
Try hot toddy as a term. Not for anything cold, this was meant to have hot coals put in that container to heat a drink such as spirits or even...
Yup, a kettle.
No, they were brought to offices/sites where workers were paid out. The cash went in only during the wage disbursement period.
Modern Chinese, but they're not cheap. Pretty.
I'd certainly agree with those being bible boxes. The idea was that the slanted lid acted as a reading rest.
Separate names with a comma.