That's exactly it. It can be flashed or stained. Flashed is more durable, generally.
A little lobster pendant. The mark on the back is B (copyright) 1993 M.I. Any recognise it please? [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
That looks moulded rather than cut. I'd think 1940s onwards, possibly French. Nice.
I bet the RAF Museum at Hendon knows. I'd email them.
I donate to charity shops like mad, but it's usually clothes or books or other bits. They do well out of me for both buying and selling. I do...
Our charity shops have signs saying they won't take video tapes. I walk on by ANYONE who tells me a widget is selling for xxx on Ebay. I...
1960s onwards, we used to see them as souvenirs. That's a nice one.
Two of those sold at a local auction here the other week for under ten pounds. I like them - match holders, by the way.
Indeed. And that's what utterly fascinates me when I go hunting Stuff.
A wooden tray, made by soldiers blinded in WW1. A charity called St Dunstans was set up to provide employment.It's unusual to find them with the...
Your blue and white ones.
Have you got all the Christopher Tolkien books?
my gut feel is that it's a fairly recent Chinese copy of older famille jaune. 8 is a lucky number to the Chinese.
Those would be for quail eggs and hen eggs.
Jealous now. ;)
Japanese, and there's a word for that wicker wrapped stuff.
I looked at the photos first and decided it was most certainly a chestnut warmer. Then read Davey's post! ;)
Absolutely Murano made.
That thing acually sat as a salt in a sort of glass frame. Let me see if I can find an image.
These: http://www.handyhanger.co.uk/ They ship.
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