Most welcome. ;)
There's a very good Facebook group for Italian ceramics, which includes a member of the Bitossi family. Not that I want to put anyone off asking...
Those are brugmannsia. Sometimes called angel's flowers, I think. The arborea variety has round fruit.
What I like about people like Mary Berry is that they're true cooks, who understand the fundamentals of food, as well as the science of it. They...
Ah, OK. I saw the Royal Upstairs Downstairs shows and episodes of Supersizers, but the other shows weren't on mainstream TV here. Looks as though...
Interesting. I'm addicted to food and cooking programmes here, including food history - I did food chemistry as a subject years ago - and I've...
It's not a British term, I've never come across it at all. I own a wooden equivalent and we call them pie or pastry cutters or crimpers. Still...
This really doesn't look Chinese to me. If anything, it looks Japanese. Now, here's the thing. If you google on Dialco Porcelain, you get the...
Tee hee! I'd not idea of that other meaning. I'm vastly pleased to discover it. And in return, never use the word fanny in polite company here. HAH!
OKaaaaayyyyy. ;) So, does it have another Mexican meaning, honey?
It is indeed a tad twee, but hey. ;) Shorter were, of course, the Clarice Cliff factory, as she married the bloke wot owned it. Not quite antique,...
Agreed - early 20th C up to, oh, 1930 or so and Continental. Austrian, German or perhaps French. Same kind of history, in that they were sold as...
Yup, 1980 souvenir. Probably sweets, I think.
Janet, I've no clue why the expert would think they're either recent or Chinese. ;) For a start, the person who asked on that link said it was...
That's codswallop on that link. Cheapo Brit pots made between the two wars or a bit earlier.
Doesn't beat my thirty cent brand new with tags dressing gown. ;)
Blimey. So they were worth six dollars each then. ;) Thanks chaps, I'll dig a bit more on them! The toothed one looks like something out of Dr...
A radio or wireless cabinet ought to have holes for the cables.
Sorry, will get some when the light's better. ;) The big one with red bits is about three feet high, the toothed one about two feet and the stick...
UV also tests amber, even reconstituted. It refracts the UV light to give a blueish diffused veil effect. I don't think this is amber. Carved...
Separate names with a comma.
