Thanks heaps Lucille, I agree! I just gave it a quick clean in hot water, ammonia and dish washing liquid and it looks fantastic!
OMG! thanks so much I Need Help (oops) that's awesome - one of the methods - boiling water - in their version with clothes washing liquid, in mine...
Hi Evelyb, thanks so much for your thoughts. Makers are so hard to identify. Yes, I feel the same about the diamonds, especially since it's 18K.
I definitely won't use anything aggressive, I was hoping for something that would soften it to make it easier to remove, Totally! I don't polish...
No Shangas, unfortunately the edges are peeling in some places, but in other places it remains resolutely intact. I will chip away at the edges...
Hi, I bought this ring in a charity shop this week. Marked 18K JG (could it be Jack Gutschneider or was his always JG JLRY?), it appears to be a...
WOW - great find!
Hi, can anyone please tell me how to remove lacquer from sterling silver? Presumably done to stop tarnish, but now yellowed and peeling. thanks in...
Hi, having trouble finding this mark. Has the usual German marks post 1888 moon, crown 800, then a star or sun and a conjoined AR - very like the...
Worth a crack! thanks
This is the Coalport mark that looks similar, and the description sounds about right. I guess the hand painted mark could vary? Although looking...
OMG your eyesight is so much better than mine! I thought the one closest to the mark was a small hair - looks like another D but very...
Hi Say_it_slowly, thanks for that. No incised mark. The faded blue line goes right through the initials. To the naked eye it looks like a smudge....
Thanks Aquitaine! Yes, I had thought it looked like an F & D as well, but hadn't come up with anything. Coalport did a similar mark, but again not...
Bought this lovely cup today. The style made me think of Worcester, but the mark is like a Chelsea Derby, or a Dresden mark - but not quite. Does...
Thanks so much, I didn't think of antimony - I have a wee box and the look is similar. That will help with my research.
Hi all, yesterday's charity shop find for 5 NZD - a fabulous Japanese bronze or bronze look smoking set with copper/silver (look) finish. Missing...
I have been told that the orange look to the base rim is a sign of age in Chinese/Japanese pieces - try googling Famille Rose. Good buy anyway.
Oh sorry, are you talking about the rose bowl, not the pottery vase? Yes, you could be right I did wonder, but it does have a very definite shape...
Hi, no, no glaze there at all, definitely an impressed mark - looks a bit like a scallop shell
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