Clasps aren’t definitive and I do get irritated when people on Facebook fora state things like, oh, it must be old, it’s a C clasp. Arg. Still...
It would make a fabulous pendant, whatever it is.
Cushion cover to my eye, with a thunderbird motif.
Greek.
It’s airbrushed, if that helps, rather than flow.
How big is it please? looks late eighteenth or very early nineteenth to me. It might not be a gravy boat either. Bourdaloue I’m thinking.
Some of it is simply having seen a lot. Having said that, the clasp is between the wars, the length is right for then, as is the overall style,...
I’ve seen the Chihuly in the V&A and also his exhibit at Kew Gardens, which was astonishing.
I see Amber, lapis and a nice Chinese export silver barrel clasp too.
Between the wars I’d think, so nigh on antique.
Not just poverty. I’ve had high end ceramics with staple repairs. People treasured their objects.
Whilst it’s found elsewhere it’s really only the Whitby stuff that’s fine enough to be worked properly.
Most welcome. The underside of a loo cistern lid works well!
I’d agree on repro but it might be thirties. The base is off, too. It’s nicks t done.
I reckon that has a stone missing.
It’s almost unknown to get the diamond carat weight on a ring, ct is generally gold purity. We still use carat as a term for both stone weight and...
Hm. Test for jet: gentle rub on unglazed ceramic and it will smear brown.
Blows raspberries @Debora ;) Yeah, sixties into seventies. Not Tandy, I can't remember who made them, I'll search the brain cell.
That eBay description looks pretty reasonable to me.
I think this was a kit. I vaguely remember them.
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