I think it's Japanese. I've had some of these papier mache desk sets, including ones with fishies.
They'd sell very very well here. I could see them at eighty quid in a shop in a horsey area.
I think this is a "fake". Seen a lot of them and as af says, it's simply known as Claridges. On the subject of old brass or copper, it's very...
That's called Essex Glass here, as said.They look right to me: 1930s.
orrefors. I've had one.
Nazeing is still run by the same family who've owned it since it was founded. They own the rest of the industrial estate and that basically...
Pansy again.
The use of pansies as a motif was part of the Victorians' flower language and goes back to the 1840s. The other name for them is heartsease. The...
That is a very nice piece of studio pottery indeed. I've no clue who.
I own Benin items bought on the Gold Coast by my grandparents before WW1. That isn't one.
You'd not get anything like that for the bottle in the UK, even perfect. :( You might try cerium oxide paste.
Hah. There was a nice pair of wall sconces at auction last night with blue jasper plaques which were very much the same design as your dogs....
1950s Italian.
I'd vote old moulded/mould blown glass. The green degradation on the lid worries me: that usually indicates brass, so this may be plated. I...
I'm inclined to mid 19th, probably Stourbridge made. Have a look on Andy McConnell's website, he's the decanter guru.
Toy and made by a father or whatever. There's a lot of mythical salesmen's samples out there: most were not.
Not as much as it would once have got, but I could see that at £200 to £300 in London. Nice thing.
I reckon that's a rather fancy pot cupboard for one's gazunder.
Hm. Holmgaard made some mad decanters.
Sklo. Can't recall off hand who though. The base is a dead giveaway.
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