I've a honking great big ring with an almost identical setting. Has a massive lump of raw amethyst in it. I bought it in the mid 80s, secondhand,...
I think that's Caithness. The fitting certainly looks it.
Very recent, and I don't think it matters who made it. Sells on pretty.
That black embossed back does mean modern to me, too. Nice.
No, not Wedgwood. I don't actually think it's English.
They're pillar toppers. Gate posts, that sort of thing. As to age: look for signs of hand tools and obviously not concrete. ;) They sell best...
ANd is much appreciated.
Yup, I think we're sorted, as they say. Huge thanks ladies.
Aha. Ebony would absolutely be available. That does look very like, even down to the dashed decoration.
The pottery who made something slightly like that here was Brannam/Barum, but those are far too big.
That's it! Thank you so much. It looked vaguely familiar, and now you've said that, I know why - I've some amber in silver from Poland. One of the...
Thank you for the compliment, af.;) I don't think it's English either, but damned if I can work out what.
What variety are they? Gooseberries make a wonderful fool, but you can also cook the tart ones with fattier meats like duck and pork. And hams, too.
Could well be English and I think a bit earlier, maybe late 19th into the 20th. Those high backed ones were designed as draught excluders - that...
They may be older. I've some similar dragon pots bought new about forty years ago, pre interweb.
Silver and ebony bottle stand with something utterly indecipherable. Gah. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I think they're Chinese. We've a local emporium which sells similar and they're not cheap.
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Not my find, but the auction last night included a pair of Saudi gold cufflinks, 18ct, which went for rather more than £200. My friend picked the...
Cheryl, funnily enough, I bought a lot of silver brooches at auction last night. (More to follow on the Finds thread.) One was a Scottish...
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