Whatever the name, they are not what Cliff hangers seem to want today. Way too 'pretty'.
2 'period' uses for a knife apart from from general cutting are trimming and shaping quills to write with and erasing mistakes. (By scraping off...
That would be something of a coup. I'd stick with my old stand by, 'alleged to be designed by Christopher Dresser'. Maybe I am the only one who...
Itlooks as if it might be useful for doing field mapmaking, surveying or chart making.
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Minor quibble, it is G Co. Ltd which I am guessing is Goldsmiths Company Limited.
Only half of it played, but one piece of BS stood out. If they sold candlesticks by weight, there was no point making them as light as possible...
In 25 years of antiques I have never understood candlesticks, but I think you may be right.
Are you asking if the piece of rock is coral?
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Could be hotel plate, that is notably heavily plated to stand the wear. I am sure this is 20th C and it would be extremly unlikely to find...
'Made' in the 20s might be meant to be read as 'first made'. Then it all makes sense.
It's a combination she-wee and flower vase for those formal occasions you can't miss a minute of.
It's one of the men in the shed somewhere.
I'd call them spindle back chairs. Local terminology may differ. In Britain they are associated with High Wycombe, just west of London.
Anything that can be described as ethographica, such as these slides will sell well regardless of age, maker, etc. I would consign them to a...
I think he was hoping to convince you it was worth little. It's nonsense about the gold The decoration looks like pearls unless the colour in...
Is that green amber, or food on a string? And there is a job classification for woment who wear high heeled shoes with no clothes.
The sailing boats are gaff rigged sloops, decidedly West European.
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