Take them on a plain dark background in good daylight, ideally. I use a cheap light tent but not an artificial light source, it flares the stones...
Don't worry about using hot water and dishwashing liquid: these were made at a time when maids scrubbed them with lye!
Clay colour is wrong for Devon ware. Coffee, rather than tea, and I'm inclined to say Eastern Europe.
It's an armorial, not a maker's mark. Even kitchen stuff got marked with family symbols in fancy Victorian households.
I've certainly seen nice modern versions of these. I wear them with jeans and used to wear them with suits for work.
No, the 100 refers to the number of days indulgence, not the number of times you have to pray. Time deducted from Purgatory after you snuff it.
Very nice quality. Could be anytime from oh, the 70s on.
I stopped using plastic dishes for both my boy cats. Number one developed chin acne, so I swapped to stainless steel. No more chin acne.
Certainly looks majolica, and the pink is typical of British stuff. Need better photos, indeed.
The repros are faience as well, it's worth saying.
Modern one. ;) [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
My ancient scarab: can you see the better glaze, colour and the real irregularity in the carving? Beads are (mostly) old too. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
Fantucelli, possibly. Stick it on the Bitossi Facebook page.
Hm. That may actually be Whitefriars, they some with rigaree frills.
Yup, Czech spatter glass.
Agreed. And I still think British.
And actually, looking again, I wonder. I thought I was seeing wear on the clasp metal, but the settings are very bright. Is it magnetic?
Looks like good costume as far as the setting goes. If you push that wee button down, the two halves ought to pull apart as you do so. You'll find...
Photos of back, insides, drawers, backs of drawers and dovetails please. And any locks. My first instinct is a good quality repro from the 50s....
Also true, so even more fantasy.
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