Werthers, I'd say.
I'm not convinced, necessarily, that the cloison wire thing is reliable any more. I have newish pieces with non twisted wires.
Unless the green ones have been redone, that's much later. Lobster claw clasp. 1990s.
I've got the Chance pattern books. I'll take a look.
Yup, Indian ox bone.
They probably weren't made in Wales, but rather by a Staffordshire factory.
To me, it ends up far too often looking "new". A toffee apple finish.
I bought a Pueblo piece from the maker. She showed my how they hand polish the stuff with pebbles. Wonderful.
Fourth for brand spanking.
Hnh. Difference in approaches between here and there. All I'd do is wax the top.
Looks ok to me for an early Irish provincial gateleg.
Rolled silver isn't strictly plated. It's like Sheffield plate: thin sheets of metal rolled and pressed together. Plating more properly refers to...
Palissy more usually has sea beasts and crustaceans, though.
Lots of fig trees in London. I think that's Italian. Figs, grapes, peaches.
Missing an insert, I reckon.
It really is typical of British sentimental brooches of the nineteenth century. I'll remember what the leaves are in a mo'.
I bet it had a hot water bottle.
Rose quartz, absolutely.
I bought six dinner plates once. They were well packed. Yet somehow, ONE was smashed in pieces. The one in the MIDDLE of the well separated and...
British, indeed. B P CO can be one of four makers, but my money is on Brownhils, it's typical.
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