Pediments. ;) My sideboard, a bit earlier than yours, has lovely dark green silk velvet lining.
Also known as a bindi box. New, I agree.
Thank you kindly!
Most welcome. Czech/Bohemian I'd think.
I thought maybe West German at first, but the base is all wrong. Belgian or French, 1960s I suspect.
I suspect it's based on having handled pieces that actually had a German mark on them. At some point. ;)
Odds and sods. Nice Edwardian probably silver cufflinks with MOP inlay. A whole 25 cents, roughly. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] White metal and I...
Japanese famille rose, no clue what the mark says.
I vote art glass.
The value may be more to a glass collector than a jewellery one. That's certainly why I'd be interested in them - it's the history, and the fact...
It's a different value, that's all. An insurance replacement value will be about four times what you could sell it for.
I've a few bits with that sort of filigree back on earrings and other fittings. I've assumed, for some reason, that they're West German.
I've not seen that described as seaweed, but it's very apt.
Rockingham.
I'd thought it was the Pyrenees, but with that name, the Italian Alps makes more sense.
That looks like brass on copper, or I am not seeing the back right. I think English and Birmingham made probably. The scalloped shape was common...
I bet that thing comes apart. Late 19th/early 20th, Edwardian would be about right here, might be English. I agree, those swags are in the Regency...
She is, I think, either a copy of a Gaugin or in the style of him. R.Offler?
The value of the letters will depend on content. If they've historical references, that would add a great deal. Depending on where you are, I'd...
Can we see the case? Or have you not run back and bought them yet.
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