Thanks SIS!
Vote and say please.
Hmmm, sharp eyes Komo has.
Not the inside, sorry!
Susan, many thanks for that, I'd only got as far as Cope's jewellers and hadn't tracked down their history. So it looks like Cope were the makers,...
Thanks af, that makes me feel a bit better!
Went to open the back to only to find that I would have to take clock apart to get at the gubbins inside. Heavy, 2.1kg, 4.5 pounds! Looks like...
Gilt metal, 2.75" diameter, 1.5 inch deep. Reveal on Sunday ;) [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
If this isnt a European mark, do you think this is a lookalike mark intended to deceive?
Thanks for that! I wondered at the similarity but couldnt make the mark fit. Are Rauenstein marks overglaze or underglaze?
Hand painted vase with hand painted overglaze mark to base. Looks similar to some continental marks but having trouble identifying. Is this a...
Not sure I agree with the basic premise, but that is more a gut feel rather than a learned observation. Transfer ware allowed mass market...
Do you think the signature was meant to be abstract as well ;)
Thanks guys. Bakers, you were brilliant on the cricket thread! Just not sure why peeps ask for info and then go quiet. Komo, suppose I was...
Hmmmmm. Not sure how to phrase this politely. Would have expected some response from OP, not that the 20 minutes of time it took me to find the...
Bricks and mortar auctions for me. We need a constant supply of items without spending too much time on acquisitions, as most of our time is...
Knocked the arm off a Royal Worcester figurine and auction house insisted I had to meet the reserve price for the multi figurine lot. Disgusted...
I love museums that allow you to touch exhibits. I know that this is often not feasible but I hate looking at a piece of china behind glass, base...
It appears to be Dresden Porcelain Co, Blythe Works, Longton, Staffordshire, printed mark for 1896-1903.
Usually the England mark denotes a date of between 1891 and 1921
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