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Great! No, not too late. I will pm you to arrange details.

I'm seeing 60s. Let's see what others say.

I've been coveting this fabric, to make cushions - it was designed in the 70s, but has been reprinted. It's an illustration of the Aesops fable about the fox and the grapes: it's called 'Surt sa Raven', which means 'Sour said the Fox'.

I'm sure you are right - I was joking about the folk tale. I think it's fabulous!

Maybe it's some obscure Italian/German folk tale that we aren't familiar with? You know the one, where the donkey meets the elephant in the forest, and they find a cup of tea and a bowl of fruit , hmm... :wacko:

I found a few Bitex Swiss items, and they were all from South Africa.

Sorry to hear about these being stolen. Losing sentimental items to theft is the worst. I know have some silver and marcasite earrings, but I don't think they quite match yours - however I'll try and dig them out. Mine are clips. Are you looking for pierced earrings, or only clips, or will...

I thought of William Morris too. The Arts & Crafts movement used medieval art as inspiration.

They look like deer in a medieval style. Though I'm not sure why they have 3 ears!

You are welcome. By the way if you want dating confirmation, start another thread and post more detailed pictures/descriptions, and I'm sure people will chime in with their dating opinions

Although the technology for overlocking has been available since the Victorian era as Maxine says, I think it's very rarely seen in garments before the 30s/40s, and even from that point you only see it very very occasionally at first. It becomes more common as the decades progress, and by the...

As per our forum rules, we can't authenticate whether items are genuine or not.

I agree with Nicole on dating, particularly because of that European multi country size label, which familiar with and I'm fairly sure I've haven't seen any earlier than that. Agree this would be useful.

To me the multi-country size label shown looks later than 70s.

It's an odd label that. The font, which looks like Bodoni Ultra or something similar, is totally at odds with liberty's current branding, so I find it hard to imagine it's completely current. It's also not a very 21st century font choice, nor the heritage Arts & Crafts / Art Nouveau-esque font...

The yarn content could be a clue to went it was made. Can you snip a bit off and do a burn test? If it was knitted in the 40s, I would expect pure wool. Pure wool wouldn't rule out a later date, but if it's synthetic or a blend, it's likely to be later. The cuffs look to me as though they've...

Well, you did say you wanted 'lovingly worn'! It has various holes and tears. The worst are: two patches of larger holes near the hem, a tear along one under arm seam, and a tear to tie belt, tear at back of neck under collar, small holes on one side of the pointed collar. The seams are...

Yes very weird! but I guess they sort of blended the St Andrew's cross with the usual first aid red cross? - it's not really the St Patrick's cross, but the red cross turned on its side.

Great, I'll take some rough pics, measure, and come back to you! Not today as the light has gone (absolute downpour here!) but soon. I'm 5'8" and it reaches mid-calf on me, so I think it'd be nicely ankle length on you. Ruth

In fact looks like you are right: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Andrew's_First_Aid But they aren't using the St Andrew's cross.

That's not the St Andrews cross - that one is white on blue and is the Scottish element to the flag. The diagonal red cross in the Union Jack is the St Patrick's cross, representing Ireland. But you may still be right about the Ambulance Corps of course.

I have a 30s/40s one that's very worn in! It didn't post earlier because I thought it might be too far gone for you. It won't last much longer, as the seams are beginning to go, but you could give it last final outing? It's lightweight rayon satin and a paisley pattern in yellows, creams and...

Lynn is right about the date of transfer of sovereignty being 1997, (1984 is the year it was agreed). However apparently 1981 is the year the term British Crown Colony stopped being officially used, with The Britush Nationality Act 1981, which renamed all British Crown Colonies (which included...

Yes I wondered the same thing. If that's so then the robe is presumably from before 1944.

FWIW Pall Mall Place is not the same as Pall Mall. Pall Mall Place is a passageway and courtyard that runs between Pall Mall and King's Street. "St James's" on the label refers to this area of London (which is also the area where St James's Street is, but Pall Mall Place is not on St James's...

Fabulous! And they really suit you.

All of that is presumably off topic to the original posters shawl, which we have no reason to think is shahtoosh. Kashmir is famous for all kinds of weaving, not just shahtoosh shawls.

Shahtoosh shawls are made from Tibetan Antelope, rather than goats, an animal which is extremely endangered. International trade was restricted in 1975 with the beginning of CITES, then made completely illegal in 1979. Apparently the story about the hair being collected from bushes is a myth -...

Kashmir or Cashmere refers to the wool of the Cashmere goat. Both spellings (Cashmere is an archaic spelling and Kashmir more modern) refer to the region in the North of the Indian subcontinent, from where Cashmere goats originate. I don't know if the word also refers to a garment, in the way...

Also she may not realise that alligator, like any other skin, can be highly polished, or even patent finished, to a high shine. This also might be worth pointing out, shiny doesn't have to mean plastic.