And greg has just reminded me of the proper term!
Yours is a slightly less common version of their intaglio decorated wares. The ones with the coloured interior have a wholly coloured body to...
Not with those regular lines in it.
It's fine. Early 20th, not of great value.
Air plants!
I agree. Not tiger's eye for sure. Fibre optic. Nice modern design.
Thanks Walter!
Whilst you're there, Walter, any idea who might have made this? He isn't typical to my eye, indeed I even thought him Copenhagen before I looked...
That's not amber.
It does indeed, you get a blue veil effect.
Fake. It simply hasn't the quality. The real thing would not have those bad join lines on the "leather", the thing is badly worn and that catch is...
Yup, curio or curiousity cabinet. I've seen some astonishing 18th C ones.
Repousse, hm? ;)
The swallow meant return home safely in Victorian jewellery symbolism.
Aren't they fine? They'll get terracotta pots in them with trailing plants.
1930s probably. Very nice indeed.
Freebies! 1920s chimney pots from a house round the corner which is being renovated. The builder had left them just outside the gate, and wanted...
I've quite a few pressed malachite bangles - indeed, worn for the look, I love the colour.
I've seen some really good vermeil or gold filled ones, but not yet an actual gold one. I've got silver, vermeil and brass.
The whole thing is pressed. It's pieces of malachite and other stone/MOP bonded together. Bit like plywood. Yours looks as though it's been bonded...
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