The scenes look European, and I'm rather inclined to Mediterranean, specifically Italy. I can't decide if that's Vesuvius or not. Certainly...
Apple stollen is yummy. Filled with sharp cooked apples, with some raisins in the dough. I like it better than the marzipan type. Lidl also do...
Sort of Egyptian: you've an ankh there.
Thank you very much indeed, that's really useful and is going in my long term memory. ;)
khl, how do you date these? I find it quite tricky to distinguish between the Republic ones and some more modern.
Me too! It's why my house is full of Stuff. Oops.
Chinese, yes. They've been made for centuries - I don't think yours has much age. It looks relatively mass carved.
I'll lay odds it was "liberated" by a squaddie in WW2 or belonged to one of our soldiers from that neck of the woods. Far East, that is. Wales...
Ah, stollen. In the UK we have a brilliant German supermarket chain called Lidl. Their stollen is wonderful, especially the apple filled. The...
Impressed is as good as any. I think there's another term as well, but my head has lost it.
Yup, they closed in 1915. Apple blossom.
You're enjoying this, aren't you. ;)
Yup, that back is late 19th C. It may have been done by a hobby painter. Did you test for silver?
Yup, the sherds used are usually of very considerable age. I really like this as a way of recycling.
Yup, 1 is Czech/Bohemian.
Is that a sherd brooch top right, Ruth? Nice earrings. cxgirl, it's the size of a largeish tot cup, if that makes sense. About three inches tall.
Oh,and this little oddity. The French still revere Old Bony. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Indian Colonial things keep following me home lately. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I'd say so. ;)
^^^^ Yup!
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