Clasp is very recent, spacer beads may not be gold, the others are millefiori scramble.
Yup! Not massive value, and if anything, the inscription reduces it. But to me, it makes it far more interesting as a piece of history. I like it...
1950s or 60s. Here, a lot of those were made by Chance Glass.
I learned about it when I bought some sprigged brown or yellow ground pottery and literally dug around on it a bit more! This thing is Dudson:...
Most welcome. I've never seen Sorrento Ware in anything but wood. Not saying other Italian makers might not have used ivory, but not those in...
That is indeed for William IV. This thing was inscribed during WW2, when it was common for people to buy old objects and have them dedicated. They...
Sorrento Ware isn't ivory inlay though. It's marquetry, or ocasionally parquetry, and done in wood. I've had a lot of it.
Yup, it's good here. Usually not marked, but if you can get it tested unobtrusively, worth while. It's generally recognised by style.
Oh, well done. Who'd've thought they'd do that!
Most welcome, it's a nice thing.
Perfume, in that case.
Yup, I think the panel was Grand Tour and the box made to fit it.
Betel box is a definite probability. Colonial silver refers to the period when the British ruled India, and often either commissioned or bought...
Indian. That's Devanagari script, used for a number of Indian languages including Sanskrit. The orientation is with the joined up lines at the...
It's earlier than that - and also wrong clay and base for Doulton, plus they mark properly. It may well be Dudson, who made pots with that colour...
Between the wars with that mark with the hyphen. How tall is it?
Most welcome. To me, it's one of those show off things companies make, if that makes sense.
I'd say promo. No other reason for them to make it.
I think this looks right. No reason to doubt it being S&W looking at the photos. Valeu? Meh. Right person, right day needed!
Yes, it's a classic copper plate engraver's techique with those lines as shading.
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