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Really nice set - unusual and very attractive! All I usually see from this factory are those ugly "face" jugs .....
IMO it is stone, just dyed brown.
Weird composition. The Douglas Wolcott Reynolds you note above was an accomplished artist ...even though signatures may have similarities, I doubt...
Ok, found it. It's an old west African slave bracelet ..or Manilla ..:wideyed: halfway down the page .....
My guess is that the mark is in Islamic (or possibly Chinese?) script and either a quality or size/weight mark - what do you think?
A few others .. :oldman:...
Coalport made a version too ..not exactly the same but same taste. http://www.antique-porcelain.co.uk/19C Porc 5.html sometimes known as Bengal...
Could it be something other than Brass? Those marks (I can't read them clearly) almost look like some kind of hallmark? :jawdrop: Can you do a...
European hard-paste porcelain, Jardiniere, decor reminiscent of Russian stuff ...eastern Europe anyway.
Instead of stripper, try using different solvents on a q-tip to see if any of them will remove the silver and leave the gold alone. Start with...
oops - just saw the Worcester one ..good spot!
Corner motif looks somewhat more Dutch than French ...
Sorry mate, got me. No idea, sorry!
Are those faint stripes of ivory grain in the last pic?
Well, they are probably (Derby-ish?) reproductions all right, but they look like very nice quality. I don't think I would call them 'fakes'...
The panels? Hard to say what they are made of from the pics - the engraving looks hand-done although done with an electric driven graver ... I'm...
already sold?
If that's what it is, it might be for the small room, an alternative to lighting a match maybe?:eek::yuck:;)
Don't know what it is ..censer? Looks Persian-ish, you see those creatures in Iranian things - also see them in Ethiopian items , the Lion of...
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