That looks like the same one. It amuses me to call them varlets, but that shows the level of my mind at times. ;)
POssibly later. I had identical drawer handles on a chest of drawers as a small girl, and they were bought new by Pa. 1950s ish.
Indeed. ;) But a varlet would keep the accoutrements below stairs.
Never a shoe cleaning kit. ;) One's man would have done that.
I've seen 18th C ones for a mere few dollars. Mad, innit.
Bayeux Tapestry. Or a bit of it, anyhow. It's Latin. The pot has a Viking longboat in it, and I think the other thing once held a globe. Greg,...
That's the stuff! As to the mould thing. Get a box, suitable for the widget. Bigger, obvs. Hold the widget in the box so you get an idea of how...
You can also use cheap spray insulating foam as long as you wrap the dish in something first. There's a trick for making a mould out of it for...
Some Pyrex can be used on gas flames if it's marked that way. The oven thing is I suspect because it's convected heat rather than a direct heat...
Need to see the innards. With that mirror, I'm inclined to say it's a small dressing stand, probably for a bloke. Although the lyre is a clue.
Definitely Murano. Go look on the 20th Century Glass site, you'll find plenty. No attribution as many factories made them. It's sommerso.
Nope. ;) Lily of the valley flowers are on individual stems rather than stems with leaves springing from them. However, addled brain here has lost...
If they're that old, don't worry. ;)
You are on a board with people here who have decades of experience. To suggest that is all "air", is insulting. I shall not reply further to you....
My statement about porcelain isn't opinion it is fact. The relevance of Cornwall is that china clay - kaolin - was exported to our European...
You can't have an object that used to be porcelain, it either is throughout or it isn't. This is tin glazed faience. Porcerlain is thin and...
The dangerous thing can be exploding paperweights and it can happen many years after making. Get the annealing wrong and it's nasty.
I've washed these before now, to get the worst of the crud off. As long as you dry thoroughly and quickly - hair dryer works - it's fine. That's...
Your semi circular Bakelite thing is actually a desk tidy for a chap. I've had a few of them.
Give it a wash in warm soapy water and a gentle scrub with an old toothbrush. If you want to then make the enamel look good, buy a Sunshine cloth...
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