Thanks Phil, even if the thread poster doesn't read it I learned something :)
British, 1940's, and as for maker, it could have been many, the fact it doesn't have a makers name means the instrument was probably mass produced...
I was going to say it looks like a undecorated bellarmine jug until I saw your avatar photo :) It looks old to me as well, but I'm no expert.
Other than not being able to travel I'm quite happy, I lived on the edge for most of my life, I'm not really surprised it ended up biting me. Now...
I never thought I would be nervous about much at all before it happened, I suppose I'd been through a lot and the old adage "what doesn't kill you...
I didn't know he had English roots, I thought he was Dutch. Unfortunately not a confirmed Giusti :( but I didn't buy it thinking it was by a well...
Ok we are barking up the wrong tree thinking he may have received the OoTG, his badge is for the Grenadier Guards Royal Cypher.
https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/248808-honi-soit-qui-mal-y-pense/
I was going by Couch Potato's comment and they are right "The motto shown on the hat "Honi soit qui mal y pense" is a French maxim used as the...
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This is a well known work by Giusti living in the Met and bought by Rockefeller, there are 12 carved features on this box that my plaque has they...
I really couldn't tell you about your miniature other than it's a military painting and I suspect a wooden pose (stiff) is what the sitter...
I would but ever since I turned 45 I can't seem to travel without being nervous, around 15 miles is my limit :( amazing seeing as I went on vast...
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Hi all, thanks for the nice comments, this post is 3 years on now and I will try and answer what I think is the case with this piece and answer...
Unusual to have an English shape and lock but with almost French metal fittings, do they look original to the box?
The truth is it's like nothing I've ever seen, saying that it does have some patterns I would expect to find in Indian inlay but it doesn't smack...
I'm thinking that both items above are the one you own, if I were you I would put it on ebay for a large amount "by it now" and "make an offer",...
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