Listen, don't worry about using spit. ;) Seriously, it's what good painting restorers use to clean artworks!
Indeed- thank you Robin!
That's weird. Classic English fox hunting scene.
I need to stalk Marko.
That's Brazilian, not Portguguese. The giveaway is the MG - Minas Gerais.
Indeed. When I worked with Plod they were paranoid about back ups and disaster recovery.
Italian, probably Empoli made. Fun and funky: I think the one with the stopper is the most saleable.
Small point. Just because it's a London assay mark, doesn't mean it was made there. ;)
marko, I'd forgotten they had style names, I shall go check mine out. I love them!
I own a fair bit of it, too. :)
Mesh bracelet looks interesting.
Hm. Let me ponder that. Not sure it looks it.
I suspect it's 1974. Again from memory, Argos used stock numbers that included a year.
Queen Anne is a long established maker of inexpensive silver plate items over here. And I've just realised that the catalogue number is an oldish...
My bestest things yesterday were a Lea Stein cat brooch for five quid and a Ciro boxed pearl necklace with gold clasp for the same price! Both...
That mark is a snaffle. not Chanel, and given the greenies, I think only a very small part is gold if at all.
You can buy jade cabs for not a lot, so it's quite possible those are costume.
the use of a middle initial suggests American, rather than British. We'd use a full name or just first and last. Apparently, the middle initial...
Me too.
I strongly suspect it's the arms of a village, town or city. Might be a communidad or autonomia.
Separate names with a comma.