I’d gamble $250, I think. The Clichy would be twice that if it’s right. I’d also nag then about proper packaging. go on, show the rest!
Agreed, and it’s very pretty.
Arrow one might be Toso. The pale green fountain is decent modern Chinese as is the pink below it. Bottle is annoyingly familiar.
Late nineteenth into early twentieth, gilded brass.
The circled one is Perthshire or strathearn. There’s a couple of reasonable modern Chinese ones, but the really interesting two are the scrambles....
Those were for ark and zoo sets.
Asters are blue and sort of resemble common daisies. Those are definitely forget me nots though.
As Ruth says, similar. They’ve all got slightly different chemical compositions but close enough for jazz, as they say.
That’s an absolutely lovely thought.
It’s probably a bit older with that pricked mark, maybe thirties or forties. I’d suspect the rest is the factory or maker.
Oh, and it’s brass.
Indian, probably Benares/varanasi made. These show up a lot here, colonial heritage and all that. Very tricky to date them. I’ve seen them with...
Anyone recognise this or can decipher it please? The clips have the usual quartered circle finding mark, but this is a wavy heart shaped plaque on...
Agreed: I have older pieces clearly marked German Silver.
It’s lovely. I’d give it hoard room in a heartbeat. I’m not overly fond of prissy perfection. This was artisan made to be worn.
I wonder if some of the lesser ones are made in India, rather than Egypt. There’s a massive export trade to all over the Middle East.
I could, scarily. There’s people with even more…..
Mid nineteenth I’d think and part of a garniture.
The base style is known as lobed. British company who went under in, oh, 1981? I’ve hundred of pieces. Oops.
Not necessarily Egyptian, but Egyptian in style.
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