The main reason jet was so popular here was that we had the best of it.
It's utterly wrong to suggest that jewellery harking back to, and with sentimental attachement to Jacobite causes was not produced in the 19th...
A niggle at the back of my skull says Scottish. Not military, or a band, but some battle commemorative. Culloden? I'd think British, given where...
Recent, missing a glass liner.
Bohemian garnets from Jablonec/Gablonz. With the proviso that glass garnets were also made there and often mixed in with mined stones. The...
Glass. They invariably used it. Pretty, that one.
Agate and carnelian on one, MOP and abalone on the other. Bracelet is MOP in resin, modern Indonesian.
Metal, I'd say.
Ah, retailers indeed. And I agre they're bone dishes.
They're an auction house and a very well known one. http://www.mountstreetmayfair.co.uk/item/phillips/ You might email them: I suspect they were...
Most welcome. I really like these.
Ooh. You selling this please? It's from the Wembley Exhibition and that's the Wembley lion. I collect stuff related to that.
It's spelter, not bronze if it scrapes silver white.
A between the wars buckle, with nice Bohemian cut crystal.
Marcasite in silver, 1940s, box has nothing to do with them. Gentle brush with an old toothbrush and a Sunshine cloth after. I agree it's 81, and...
I think it's slightly later, 50s or 60s. One of those nice unsigned mysteries that I doubt you'll ever attribute. Not brass, wrong colour, plated...
The maker's mark may be somewhere else on the pot. They often were.
Fine on the date, and yes, a vegetable tureen. There's one in lousy condition up on Ebay UK for £35.
Interesting comment about the US mandating they be buried and the DoD demands on Australia. The ones at DM get broken up for scrap after the...
I agree it's amber, but don't be mislead by the static test, many other materials do that. A better indicator is to use a UV light, and you will...
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