Correct. This is tube lined with some hand embellishment.
AHA! Oh well done you. I think the spoon is older than the '65 jubilee, from what I can see of the marks, but that's absolutely the crest. Now I...
Very rubbed silver hallmarks, so I can't quite date the thing. A rather fine shield though, and I can't find what it is. Anyone? Ta! [ATTACH]...
That's delightful.
Hm. I honestly doubt it's as early as that. Looks mid 19th to me. I think the rattan has been redone a while back. I also think it's possibly...
Agreed, the case must have been fabulous. I wonder if your thingy had glass bottles.
I wonder what the entire travelling set looked like. Interesting that the embossing is emulating shagreen.
Holes are there so you could wall hang it.
Empoli.
<snort> My grandparents lived in the Gold Coast for some years, just before the First World war. That's why I have Benin tomb pieces. One day, I...
The coffee pot has been clobbered just like the tea set. Irish silver does command a premium though.
Whoops, missed this, didn't get the alert. I agree with af on dates and also that it has been got at, for want of a better word. The Victorians...
Ruth, I'd buy that mask as is - family connections. And are the earrings clip?
The big old lump sugar bowls had chunks of loaf which had been bashed by a hammer, then used tongs or nips. I don't think Stone China...
I buy odds and ends for people I know will like them.
XIIII rather than XIV was a common usage in the 18th and 19th, especially when marking furniture. Less ambiguous.
Many English companies use Co or & Co. They also use Ltd. or & Co. Ltd. That's one of two possibles: Gibsons or Hanley Porcelain. How tall is it?
I shudder at the thought of honey in tea.
Arctic silver fox in summer coat. I have one. My mother was given it by a soldier boyfriend in WW2. He'd actually shot the poor thing! It is...
Lamp base.
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