Asterix. ;)
Yeppers. Late 19th C mahogany sideboard, missing its top. I own one - not quite the same form, as mine has cupbards either side. Are your...
I'm wondering if this actually was set with Baltic amber. It does indeed look like many Polish silver settings. I think the simplicity of the...
The button looks like Trinity House - the lighthouse service. The other is a family armorial, rather than a full crest. The fist and sword thing...
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Yup, the wee hole thingy. Box and tongue is exactly the right term, albeit shapes and designs vary massively, as I'm sure you've seen. I'd love...
I'll fish out mine, if I can find them. Push in looks contemporaneous and they're a pig to replace, too. There was a big thing for those here....
That clasp looks later - and there was a significant Victorian Revival in costume stuff in the 60s. Laura Ashley and all that.
I think 1960s or possibly 50s. I've some very similar pieces with plaques like that - one has a nice fake opal.
That's a thought. I'll have another peer at it.
I've a friend who is a silversmith and uses Elvish in her mark. ;)
Painting is pintura, surely?
Very very nice Italian micro mosaic. Set in brass, and I think early 20th C. Nothing more than a soft brush please, or a Qtip with a little bit of...
I use one which site in a large bowl of water. (Much to the cats' delight!)
Urg. Brain fart time. Cheap then!
It does help with pub quizzes. ;)
You're welcome. The weirdness that inhabits my head is scary at times.
Looks good to me. The only reason I don't use that style is the lack of water.
Czech/Bohemian between the wars art glass set in brass filigree. Very typical of its type and time. Get a Sunshine cloth on the metal gently, it...
Actually, rethink on that. He did a lot of work in Venice and that colour is also common there.
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