There's some superb art glass made in China, and they were making good weights in the 30s.
I dunno. The label is a post war one.
Hm. Webb wouldn't use a European 7.
Yours ever was commonly used on photos of celebrities signed en masse to be used as giveaways.
I wonder if this is badly written. FRCS - Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons. I agree it is Lt. Col. The bit about ambassador is in a...
Boots sold trinkets - and also ran lending libraries. So, I think your wee inkwell was made to be sold in one of their shops. It would not have...
it's mad. I can see it worn with a dirndl neckline so I agree Austrian or Bavarian. The edelweiss does make it more likely to be Austrian: someone...
The brooch is a 1970s costume piece made with art glass - some call that slag but I'm not fond of that as a term. It's probably by Sphinx: they...
Yup, finger bowl or rinser.
Agreed, cut steel which has a very intersting history.
Agreed, part of a dressing table set.
Yup, it's very like and often confused for it.
Yup, pendant is eighty to one hundred quid all day long.
You can date spectacles by shape. Best website I've found is this one: http://www.antiquespectacles.com/guide/guide_to_assist.htm
Pendant is high Art Nouveau, so late 19th into very early 20th. Brooch is earlier: it's a forget me not, typical of Victorian sentimental flower...
Not Sklo, I'd say. You might look at Japanese glass. Much looks very like Murano, but has these off colours.
It's Indian. Nautch bells. May have actually clipped on the nose, I've seen them like that.
I still think it's Helena Wofsohn.
Yup, 1901, well done. It's brass now, may have been plated once. You can look up who registered the thing, but it's awfully clunky.
Try Helena Wolfsohn on that saucer.
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