The mystery object under the table is a piece of Chinese embroidery framed as a tray. [ATTACH] I tried again with the sampler but even looking...
They are both translucent.
Af, in one of your photos there's a framed something on the left side, under your table, that looks like a black and white drawing or embroidery....
Needlework, no date. Clearly whoever composed the rhyme had no experience of being a child.[ATTACH] Sorry I seem to have missed a bit off the...
It's a simple sampler. I'll take a look.
Even the broken one would have a place in a reference collection, it's a shame it is not dated like the other.
It does appear to be bronze.
The scrap value is trivial and I am sure the one with COIN on the blade is good enough to sell. Not for a great deal but way more than a few grams...
Still hoping for help with the mystery 'roman' 'lamp'? Some more stuff. [ATTACH] Sovereign balance with original box, mid 19th C. [ATTACH]...
I have seen hundreds of British ones including many Georgian examples but no US made examples. Not really surprising I suppose in England. but I...
Cut out the dealers and there is a strong market for less than perfect but very old books in the US. When I was selling on ebay, I got very good...
This large Victorian hand mirror and the two brushes have real ivory backs. They will probably go to a restorer who wants ivory to repair damaged...
The only piece of jewellery found. Probably 9 carat gold, unmarked, about 5 grams and 2 inches long, at one end there is a snap clasp, possibly...
They are not too bad but they are the second state of the first edition in book form, British booksellers tend to sniff and say they only consider...
This fine selection of about 30 assorted drills came with an old brace. Various oldish English (Sheffield makers). Another wild guess lot when it...
They are certainly porcelain, but I do not know hard paste from soft paste, or even what it means really. No marks of any kind. They do appear to...
From the hoard. For a change, not too bad condition. [ATTACH]
The book is a poetry book with Mauchlin 'fernware' covers. The book is really just an excuse for the covers. The green bottle is in fact my blue...
Thanks, everyone.
The back is blank but rather rough. When I get a chance I will show it to a friend of mine who does Glass on the British Antiques Roadshow, Will...
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