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hey guys thought id do an all in one, all 20 / 50p items

these are a few items i have question marks for
bracelet - bakelite ?, baking soda test left dark mark instead of light brown mark
real limoges ?, can find stogdon signature
nail buffer ? celluloid or ivory base ?
strawflower? trumpet handle vase -german ?
yellow pottery vase ?
watercolour ?

 

Celluloid, so you're safe. You can call it ivorine, if you want to be posh. It was part of a set, probably in a pretty box.
The yellow vase could be Dutch, but the Brits probably make something similar. Or someone else.

 

Yelllow vase is late 19th/early 20th. I've a similar one in green which is Torquay Ware, but yours may not be the right colour clay. So it could be Belgian or Dutch. A common shape, but the colour is lovely.

Water colour is nice. Whoever Charles Masters was!

 

Celluloid buffer would have been part of set. Other side chamois, as you can see.

Debora

 

thanks Aj

And if i want to polish , and by the look of my nails !!

 

thanks obb, im suprised its that old, but does have that devon motto ware look, without the motto !

you nailed it on the watercolour !!
https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/240045015/antque-painting-of-a-country-cottage

 

The little Limoges pin tray may be hobbyist painted.
Sold as a white blank.

 

Thanks cc that would make sense as its nothing like any of their other stuff, and the man's a bit simple to say the least !

 

Here's mine - not the twisty handles like yours, but similar. Barum did them like mad.

 

That's lovely, think I prefer it like that without their usual decorations. Classier

Like you said before though, it's got a different colour clay then mine

 

Both of the 3-handle vases are gorgeous. The blue and white one is probably modern Chinese, but it's great for putting flowers in. The black bracelet is the wrong shape for the average piece of bakelite, but the black stuff doesn't test well, even with baking soda. Hard to say what it is.

 

thanks for info, thats interesting, definitely a plastic, no seams or anything

i get a bit confused with the smell thing as i don't really know what formaldehyde smells like, ive never drunk it before

 

Get hold of a known bakelite piece and test that; once you smell the stink, it's unmistakable.

 

A bit about Stogdon, to muddy the waters even further here:
https://www.grayspottery.co.uk/paintress-designers.htm

In short; the names J and A Stogdon are found on some pieces marked with a Grays Pottery stamp, though they don't seem to have been employed directly by Grays.Odd as Grays didn't actually make their own pottery, so seem unlikely to have been supplying blanks to outside decorators, amateur or professional.

 

Great bit of info that, thanks

Seems to tie in with the little mark as well

Brilliant !!

 

I have a pair of Ault vases very similar to your yellow one. There was a thought they could be Christopher Dresser designs. I found other references which are on my old iPad, I’ll try and find them.
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This was the one I found attributed to Dresser. Same design but without the decoration.

 

very similar ! what are the bases like ?

my sold straight away, but didn't affiliate them with anyone

 

your not gonna believe this houseful, i just googled ault vases and its come up with a vase i bought 2 days ago

http://www.jamesmilesltd.com/antique/95/christopher-dresser-for-ault-pottery-propeller-vase

but mine isnt signed