I have a very small lawn and yes, my trusty Flymo Compact does it well! I think I bought mie in about 1997 or so. Cost all of 45 dollars new, so...
I love car boot sales. Today i found a packet of replacement blades for my elderly Flymo mower for a quid. And then, a bottle of Famous Grouse and...
I think the second is Japanese and a very nice thing. The brass one looks late 19th to early 20th C Chinese.
Modern Asian. And in this instance, not well done at all.
I think it's Dutch or German.
Martin, only clean the bottom of the green gunk, not the rest of it. Stick a fiver on it, someone will grab it for that.
I thought the second looked like fired porcelain. Swallows, by the way. I did try googling the siggie, but no joy.
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Yup. I've seen those with RCR labels and boxes.
Ah! RCR. That's who.
It's a modern company making these, begins with an R I think. And I think Italian. A plague on my brain for forgetting!
The sticks I've seen these with are those old fashioned joss types. Half the stick is coated with incense, the other half plain wood, if that...
The first one is a pound if you're lucky, sorry! Second is an artisan one. Pretty but no more than a couple of quid. Keep hunting though. ;)
As it says carat with a c, I'd agree it's British. The cameos were mostly carved near Ercolani/Herculaneum/Naples.
For incense sticks. Probably Indian.
I think that sewing box is 1930s or 40s. That whole Thonet style steam bent plywood and curved angles.
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Chance Glass. The transfers were often made by Johnston Matthey.
Definitely onyx. It's one of those desert berries, let me have a think.
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