Not antiques, but a book bought at a car boot sale on Sunday for 40 pence sold yesterday for 44 pounds on Amazon. Not a bad profit margin. ;)
Indeed. I'll lay odds it's milk glass.
Can you show the back please? These were popular here in the 19th C. Not saying it's as old as that.
Me too, silver. ;)
Lovely chairs. Damask would be the most appropriate, in a self pattern. Given they're Georgian style, a clear ice blue would be delightful.
Oh, don't worry, I've captured it. I don't think it's Masonic. Horribly familiar.
Any chance of an enlarged photo?
I don't think it's glass, it looks like maybe topaz to me- and that would be more typical. Using a semi precious stone, I mean. Anyhow, it's a...
Roemer is a good spelling too. ;) The cut glass is typically Bohemian, vast amounts of work in it, but not much value any more. Any marks on any...
The firescreen isn't Chinese, in my opinion. I don't think the screen or table are, either. If I saw them here, I'd think the table to be early...
Nope. Mid 19th. The chairs might go as late as the 1880's but they're not 20th C copies to my eye. They are, of course, copies, in that the...
"Kosher". ;)
Not junk. I've seen that thing, but I can't remember who dunnit. Scandinavian, anyhow. Try googling on test tube vases.
It's not taboo, but it tends to be a guesstimate. ;) I'd think the chairs, given the size of the set, would have an auction value of about the...
I have identical chairs, bought at auction by my parents in the 50s. Yours are in nicer condition, though. ;) Mid 19th C mahogany. English. The...
Spring, you've described precisely one of the methods used by past Chinese silversmiths. ;) Don't forget that the Chinese were masters at what was...
It's not new.
Rd mark, rather than Ra. The reddish and blue marks are probably for the decorator. That O is a date code for 1889.
Lovely vase. I suspect some of the sale price issues are because the casual collector tends to go for better known names, like Loetz. But even...
That hat is super. And indeed an heirloom.
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