Oh and a nice unsual Monet bracelet. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Did somebody say Hoard? So, I grab a bracelet, thinking costume but pretty, then see a mark and think vermeil. I pay a whole pound. I then...
A Useful Box for Putting Things In. I've had several little boxes with that frame with a bow clasp, I suspect they're made in the gazillions....
Yup, it's the bit that @Bdigger has highlighted. Looks typical of an internal shear to me.
The style is very Welz/Bohemian. I'd be looking for a modern Czech maker.
I think Asian.
I'd be boggled if it got anywhere near that here. I sold a Ridgways 1835 sprigged jug, pewter lid, and it got a whole ten pounds. Tobys are way...
Ow. That's got a nasty annealing fracture.
Backs needed. H & K is Hollinshead and Kirkham.
Those look very 1940s to me.
I think my latest update was about a month ago? The Swedish was the new drop in, from memory. I know what you mean about the history being useful!
It's the Face of Bo. ;)
It was Ancestry DNA - fairly detailed and it gets updates, too, plus it showed some distant cousins.
It's probably LaFiore Glass from MAllorca, they make a lot of these replicas.
A&C period, I'd think. Gawd, someone polished that to death.
The one on Ebay might be majolica, but this isn't. It's sometimes called drab, but it's properly buff stoneware, relief moulded. It's very typical...
A gentle blow with a hairdryer. ;) Yes, pins were often brass or silver, it was stronger. And saved money.
My DNA came back with a large chunk of Scottish and an almost larger chunk of Northern European with a bit of Swedish.
I'd use a wee bit of non ammonia window cleaner spray on a cotton bud. Wipe off fast and it won't hurt. That's Ewardian. Not silver polish, it...
Dickens, I reckon.
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