Banana skins work too, as well as peeled eggs. It's the ethylene and/or H2S.
Try a dab of WD40 on a Qtip, that may well shift it. They get locked on, those, if they've not been undone for a while.
The ivory keys sell well though.
Fantasy decorators piece. The real ones are far better made: and they'd not have the red ensign on!
Yup, Duette was originally created as a concept by Cartier in 1927, Coro trademarked the name in the US later. It's not a Lea Stein bangle: she...
Screams 1920s or 30s to me. Steamer chair here.
I've seen Mauchlin Ware that looked pristine: people treasured it.
I'm seeing early 1980s. I had day handbags like that, we were wildly into bling. You should have seen my glasses! The colour is a real giveaway,...
<snort> Pa in law designed a three inch portable saluting gun. We went on HMS Belfast with him once, tour guide was a bit worried when Pa starts...
.... and those little insulators mean it was for hot liquid, not wine.
My first thought on the motif was Jewish.
Agreed, anund.
What I would say, is that AN varies. Here, it was far less florid than in parts of Europe, say. Your larger one is a bit ornate for British AN.
I suspect a foodstuff, such as tea. I've seen similar now with plastic rather than glass.
My late father in law designed signalling cannons for the Royal Navy.
Nice. To me, more Empire style than Nouveau, but ymmv in Oz.
Let's add some history to this. 1940. Our darkest year of the war, but the beginning of hope. This probably travelled on a convoy ship across...
Pakistan implies after 1947.
Triang was set up by three brothers called Lines. ;) They then later bought Hamleys, so there's that connection. I worked there when I was about...
Quiz question without the use of Google: why is it called Triang and what is the link with London's Regent Street?
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