Oops, sorry nuff. ;) I'm not an Akro guru, but it does look to be one of their marbles, and the cullet could well be the same source.
Very nice indeed for a man who doesn't do glass. ;) Those shards are, I think, cullet, that has been embedded with semi precious stones. Like.
I loathe incense almost as much as I loathe scented candles. Make me choke.
The lobster is Toledo Ware, so also Spanish. Salviati paperweights. JEALOUS!!!!!
Most welcome. I love looking at pretty silver things. ;)
Colour is lovely. It's modern, mould blown from that base, possibly Asian, and from some kind of decorator shop. None of that is meant in a bad...
Stunning big lump, that. And no, not at all easy to craft. Centring those bubbles in the latticino would be really tricky.
Pomander, yes. Hm. Could be Indian, Tibetan or at a push, perhaps Turkish. Pretty!
Singaporeans are about the most honest and honourable people on the planet. He'll know darned well that attempted fraud carries a very very long...
Nope. Aventurine refers to the use of gold or copper particles within glass.
Being picky, 1947 is very late Raj. ;) Entirely possible to be earlier. I'll be really interested to see it once it shows up.
Google on Ogham. As to "Celtic" runes, they're used on tombs and such in Northern Scotland. Imported, yes, but used by locals.
Yeah, I can see an Enterprise logo on that....! Screams Deco. Very nice.
Veneers actually go back to Ancient Egypt! They're useful for dating furniture sometimes - generally, a very thin veneer is later, as it's...
Oh, sorry, hadn't spotted you were using the Phillips pics. Need photos of yours.
That form goes right back to the 16th C and earlier. Based on Moghul shapes and decoration. Yours looks, oh, late 18th maybe 19th? Any chance of...
Aventurine. Not sure that's a siggy.
Certainly Celtic runes. It's a repro of something that is niggling in my head. Sarcophagus or treasure box in the British Museum, I think. No...
S A may well be the Mexican equivalent of Ltd - as in company.
I suspect that MW Co mark is the importer, not the maker.
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