Decanter indeed. What worries me is that it looks more to be transfer decorated than hand gilded work.
Certainly has the look and Caughley would be that quality, too.
That's the London import mark for 1906 to 98. If it's a lower case q, then 1990, but it's too mucky to read. It's the date it was assayed rather...
Most welcome.
They were made here, too. Nazeing and Whitefriars made them, for example.
Dianthus flowers, by the way.
I think it may be French. Intricate, but not as florid and fussy as some Italian stuff. The motifs aren't British, but I can't be specific why not. ;)
The quality of the carving is fabulous. I've a rather nice one in a base metal frame or low grade silver frame - the cameo was the importance.
Hm. USSR ones I used to own: hinge, yes, but no bracket. Not convinced these are either Russian or early. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
That diamond cut isn't late 19th or early 20th. I've seen clasp style that on Indian, and from memory, Middle Eastern earrings.
I thought that about the stone, too. Came from the same woman on Sunday who sold me many other goodies for very few pennies. ;)
Which reminds me. ;) [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
A whatnot. ;) These are usually Indian, but that doesn't look to have the usual motifs. Yes, more photos needed.
Classic Middle Eastern/Arabic coffee pot shape.
af, I remember my Pa taking me down to St Paul's just after the cathedral was cleaned in the 1960s. The stone was the most wonderful pink, glowing...
Yes, it does need its contents. Georgian pastels: when these were made, it was the common thinnking that the colours used in Georgian houses...
Peggy, you're a star. Huge thanks!
I suspect that what you're seeing as bad work is actually the corrosion on the thing. It's quite similar, thinking about it, to some of the...
Late 19th C, Naples (Ercolani) carved in a probably British frame.
Good lord, your eyes are good. I've looked again - the button says NG Silver. I suspect that's the remains of STERLING, given where the loop is. I...
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