I can't quite make them out, but the impressed numbers on either side of the anchor give you the last two digits of the year date. That's the mark...
Could be earlier. These were being made in Italy, for example, and the Caribbean as tourist tschotkes in the 19th C.
Those clasps are common on both older and more recent Turkish and Middle Eastern jewellery - and some Indian. The style looks 1960s or so to me,...
Marmite soldiers with a dippy egg. Hm. I feel lunch coming on.....
That ain't MY idea of toast! ;)
You might do a burn test to see what the composition of the thread is, but it looks wool to me. I agree on Russian, perhaps Ukraine.
Cyrillic, I suspect.
That's been got at, I reckon. The inside and fitments are typically Georgian or a llittle later. The carving is classic High Gothic Victorian. I...
Do you recall that wonderful toast rack I posted photos of a while back? Looked like lily pads. It didn't weigh much, but it sold for over £230...
If a paperweight - or any other blown glass object - isn't annealed properly it can develop internal fractures years later. Very rarely, they can...
Yes, Buddha in one of his forms. Guatama I think. Blanc de chine, probably from Dehua.
Nope, poesy as in the old Norman word for poetry. :)
Now, here's some history for you. That has to be pre WW1, but made for the British market. After 1914, it was totally unacceptable to have...
Very nice. They all look Murano made to me, unless any of those canes have id's on them. First one is window cut with millefiori canes. Second is...
It's a poesy ring. Basically, a lovers' ring, but not neccessarily given as a wedding band. The idea was that the sentiment was hidden. Worn by...
silver, Napier was my thought, but it's none of theirs. I like the added sparkles, too. ;) Lobster claws: they're older than you think. The...
I've checked Illusion but can't find it. Nice necklace which has matching clip earrings, also marked with that capital N. Dealer I bought it from...
That too!
It's French, which I speak. SBS, my pet hate is "chest of draws".
It's a saucer.
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