Other than the eyes, I'd agree. Might be worth contacting these chaps: http://oldteddybearshop.co.uk/home-page
Oof. Hard to say. But the mould lines are very crisp, and on much glass that tends to mean earlier in the lifespan. (It's REALLY apparent on...
;) And there's often very indistinct impressed marks under that black glaze.
Probably West German.
Also referred to as sea serpents in the glass world. Barolac continued with Inwald designs, some of which went on a fair old while.
The arms look long enough for an early bear. The button may well be missing, but the ear hole might still be there. He looks properly mohair, too.
I think Chinese, looking at that enamel work. Possibly peridot rather than emeralds.
Those fake drip candle settings were wildly popular from the fifties on. Italian would be my thought, given that onyx/alabaster. It's been...
Certainly an F. The brooch looks late 19th into early 20th.
I think you're right.
what was he doing in Cornwall?
I think the first set would like to be lapiz, but aren't. Glass beads look like good old Bohemian/Czech ones.
The only definitive way of telling "wild" pearls from cultured is to X ray them.
Very nice. The technique is called sommerso. Often used by makers on Murano but some Scandivavian ones did this sort of thing too. Yours might be...
PAging @Walter Del Pellegrino
Positive. ;)
Fid, I've seen French people add ice, I promise you! ;) It was in the South, I'll admit.
It's still possible to grab stuff in charity shops, even silver. Hallmarks get missed, and foreign ones aren't known at all. I get wryly amused...
I'm pretty sure it's plate and probably British but I'm not awake yet.
It's glass sickness, sadly. The only real cure is muriatic acid or someone who knows what they're at carefully repolishing. You could try cerium...
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