My signature is almost as bad :( I thought either Italian or Bohemian....or French...or...... :)
Last photo, above the two line gilded border
Spent several fruitless hours trying to work out who made this, or even which country it is from. Large bowl, 14" rim diameter, mottled glass...
1736 silver spoon :) [IMG] [IMG][IMG]
Had no idea what this was hiding amongst the decanters in an auction lot! Turns out it is a Kipp's apparatus.....standard size vimto can for scale...
Just bought a part tea set (mid 19thC?) the main image is of Jack the Sailor, but there are also two other images, one of a younger (?) boy...
And here is one that looks both interesting and french. Dr Charles Monot, 1830-1914, handwritten list of services and honorary awards (probably...
12. Spanish: Fire damage certification 1879? Felipe Camps y Comas, Ramon Bassols Hermanos? [IMG]
11. 1887 certification (of some kind!) by Salvador Casals, the Vicar of the Parish of San Agustin in Barcelona with notes/response by the French...
10. Jean de Bonnefon (1900) (listed, not for translation) [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
9. Paul Cambon (French ambassador of entente cordiale fame) (listed, not for translation) [IMG] [IMG]
8. Bulletins des lois (1800-1810) (listed, not for translation) [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
6. Carabiniers (listed, not for translation) [IMG]
5.Oisifs et vagabonds et voleurs (idlers, wanderers and thieves) (listed, not for translation) [IMG]
Go online and sell! Get better prices and clear your old stuff. And best of all, there will be room for new stuff :)
What I find interesting is that a permit was required in 1830. I wonder whether that is still the case?
Thank you again! Although I have another reference to French tobacco production, it still seems odd to think of this as a French crop.
That is a big step forward! Thank you!
4. 1750 (?) itemised bill/invoice [IMG]
Getting harder: 3. 1830 letter from Le sous-prefet, Gourdon [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
Separate names with a comma.
