Agreed.
Try googling on minstrels. It was the thing, once, for white men to don "black" makeup and perform on stage. Think Jolson.
Yup, Car boot sale for a pound. The mark is for De Drie Kokken - and I actually found some examples, too....
This is neat. Delft from between 1760 to no later than 1840. [ATTACH]
I'll dig around a bit, see what I can find....
Hm. Dartington do shapes like that, but they don't usually put Made in England as an etched mark. Nazeing made that kind of mottled colour, but...
Not jet or horn. And old "plastic", using that in the generic sense.
I'd be looking at a Maltese maker on that.
Interesting. I can' t think of a maker off hand who would ONLY put Made in England. Can you get an image of the mark? And can you please go over...
Not Sklo or British - base is all wrong for Sklo. Probably Scandi.
Bases needed please. There were quite a few animal makers in the UK. Beswick sometimes has very faint marks, but you can tell a lot from the feet....
Yup, scent bottle and I agree with cluttered on the who dunnit.
Brown sauce works just as well as ketchup. Mak, you can get Fairy Liquid washing up liquid, that's good stuff.
Clap? Blimey. Not enough coffee. CLAY.
Isuspect what you have is simply loose fired bits of clap that came off in the making.
Most welcome.
Could be: thinking about it, some come on brass trays.
I think those are North African. They're mint tea glasses missing their saucers.
Chain, I'd say.
Yup. That's why flashed is more durable. Stained can be of assorted chemical forms.
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