And actually, over here, it was also considered very correct for a widow to still use Mrs Joe Bloggs. Indeed, I've seen some wedding...
Although..... my grandmama, who was very correct, never referred to herself as Mrs Joe Bloggs, even when her name was in the local papers.
Yup, widow. But when she remarried, she'd have taken the new spouse's name, of course.
Hm. Dug around a bit. It isn't a WW2 National ID number. Those were four letters, yes, but not as an abbreviation, so no full stops. That...
Yup, davey. Which means the bracelet was engraved before 1931.
The other thing I'm trying to recall is when the use of a numbered Sheffield district came in.
Snap. ;) So, if it's the same Maud, it's well before WW2 and Mr Medley must have been her second spouse. So, did she move from Smethwick to...
Davey, that can't be the same person? If you look at the bracelet, it says MRS. Unless. Was Mr Medley her second husband?
Well, none of my family had IDs either - the other grandfather was ARP, and they certainly weren't issued with them. That carded one looks like a...
davey, I think the bracelet itself is either foreign or possibly late 19th/early 20th, maybe into the 20s. Some Brit stuff was simply marked...
Message me.
It's now a suburb of Birmingham which was bombed to smithereens as an industrial centre. As a dormitory town, the bombs which fell there were...
Yum. Much covetousness on the bangle.
Totally agree, Ruth. The floral one looks stamped brass with glass cabs, 1940s or later, the other brooch back indicates late 19th and the cameos...
By the time yours was made, which I think is mid to late 19th, yes, very clear marks. But other factories copied and emulated what they'd done....
Good point.
Wisteria. ;)
That's very pretty. If it had marks, I'd accuse it of being Worcester - or at least, the stem is very Worcester blush ivory. Late 19th.
Yup, veggies. We do call those tureens here: if they've a slot and are deep, then a soup tureen indeed. But we'd call that a vegetable tureen.
Those feet and the rigaree do look Stourbridge.
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