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Sowerby 'Oranges and Lemons'
keith:
Big Brum Fair today,not so good,found this and had a jolly good cup of tea with David and Patricia, ;D ;D ;D
chopin-liszt:
Finding D&P is always a joy. ;)
Paul S.:
nice find Keith - the books seem more often to show these things in Vitro-Porcelain than clear, and this appears to be one curved end only, so you now need two straight troughs and another end ;D Believe they date originally to about 1880, and assume they were intended as posy/flower holders.
We played oranges and lemons as children at birthday parties, and I'd always thought of Walter Crane's figures as being children - but just realized they appear much older, and wonder why he gave one of the characters a Tam o'Shanter (cap) - was he Scottish perhaps?
David E:
--- Quote from: keith on January 22, 2014, 02:26:28 PM ---Big Brum Fair today,not so good,found this and had a jolly good cup of tea with David and Patricia, ;D ;D ;D
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Nice to meet up again Keith - a nice find, you must have been in front of us! :) I didn't get anything else, other than that Italian vase, which I'll post later for ID'ing.
keith:
Thanks all,I also found a Japanese 'teapot' and this.... ;D ;D
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