The Cedric was the ship that returned the Titanic crew survivors to England.
Do you know that these are glass? Have you taken one apart?
I doubt that it's a recent reproduction, but if made before WWII, it could easily have been made from an old mold using 19th C production...
The 1797 penny and twopence were the first official British coins to be minted with a steam powered press.
Interesting, but chilling.
Maybe @Shangas would have an opinion?
Any chance it's Australian and those are lyrebirds on the sides?
Wishful thinking. Probably better odds than a lottery ticket. Apparently Dirk Van Erp had a signature stamp for at least some stuff: [IMG]
Same period as these Benjamin Harris efforts: [ATTACH] Or this by Bernard: [ATTACH]
Stylistically looks to me like the sort of thing that was popular in the '40s and '50s.
There are portraits of Henri de Lorraine, beardless, from his time: [ATTACH] But the closest image I can find to this is an engraving from the...
It seems to me the back says Henri de Lorraine, not Toulouse. (Someone had Henri de Toulouse Lautrec on their mind?) I think "guilloché enamel"...
Are those coins? If so, where from?
It has an old look to me, but I have no idea who. Metal additions like that are called "mounts".
Are there incised or impressed numbers on the bottom?...
Looks possible to me.
I once had this bronze of Neil Armstrong by Ferdinand Rebechini (about 8" high): [ATTACH] There was no interest in it when I listed it on eBay.
"L'argile" is clay, so maybe mudlarking? The last seems to be "Given by" followed by a name and date.
While it is antiquey looking in style, the forced crackle visible on the inside is typical of modern Chinese pieces made to look old. Hope that's...
It looks like a KPM septre mark.
Separate names with a comma.
