Reading an old book last night, a recipe I'd forgotten for cleaning furniture. One part raw linseed oil, one part meths, one part white vinegar....
It's a saguaro.
There's a lot of fabulous Polish amber and silver jools around. I grabbed a honking lump of raw amber in silver as a ring recently.
Holland has had a weird summer so far. London has fried but not Amsterdam. ;) That looks 1920s or 30s to me. I'd clean it up with white spirit,...
The Colonials are drooling, af. ;)
Bag is 60s, brooch 1930s, in the style of duette dress clips. I rather like the older stones.
Not exuberant or detailed enough for Wemyss, and yes, either impressed or painted marks. Some blokes in a potting shed. ;)
This bears reading: https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/dspace-jspui/bitstream/2134/9326/2/The_Dovetail_Joint.pdf
I bet you get decent three figures for that. I suspect some here would bite your hand off for it.
af, it might be a tad later. I'm just thinking that we saw this sort of thing on early Spanish holidays. And that's where I think it's from.
Phew. ;) That brought back some memories of a Certain Person on the old boards.
Hm. Think I won't be replying to queries like this in future.
Yipes. I do believe it says Argento Silver Co.
I bet it had a felt base to protect whatever surface it stood on. Glad the hot water worked!
Most welcome. If further inspiration strikes, I'll let you know!
Hm. I think the lid matches. I also think it's some kind of cooking widget, like an egg coddler or custard baker. What an odd little thing!
I thought you were. ;) Handles might be OK, have a look inside the drawer. How much are they after?
I'd be really surprised if those are baked earth, given the weight.
Fair point: thermal shock is a right pain. ;)
Something in my head thinks that thing is South American. One of those weird herb tea vessels.
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