It's rather fine, isn't it! Later than the original, bit of a twist on them.
It's quite common to just get a retailer mark. Liberty, for example, wouldn't allow maker marks.
Looks old to me, too.
They're not expensive to buy at all and certainly authentic enough. Used to be a company here with shops, called Ancient Arts. A faience string...
I can understand that: I've seen 18th C S written like this.
I've a few brooches with deep backs like that. Yes, missing the cover.
Especially when you think it was all done with very simple hand tools.
It's a date: 1745. Flowers are auricula.
Is this heavy? Cold to the touch? Magnetic?
CAn you get some closer shots of some of the individual beads please? Some certainly do look old or even ancient.
Those are lovely. Yes, retailer: https://www.meldrethhistory.org.uk/people/family_histories/the-mortlocks-of-meldreth/the-china-mortlocks...
Yellow one looks like Davidson Pearline.
You could try a forced restart on it to begin with. Press Home and keep it pressed, then press the Sleep/wake button. Keep those held till you see...
Early 20th mark, by the way.
Could also be turquoise which has gone green, hm?
I've got one of those!
Vase is a little bit Welz with that black and orange spatter, but that cased white looks later. I'm inclined to Japanese.
WHat makes you so sure the marks are early?
Maybe something else was in the frame originally. Or is underneath.
Green and blue is turquoise chips in resin, so may also be Indian.
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