The item for sale
Title of the item	A Vintage pair of  Matches Holder & Ashtray by Eschenbach (Efchenbach) Bavaria Germany in a Pretty Floral Design.
Category & Key words	China / Porcelain / Pottery / Eschenbach / Bavaria /Germany / Tableware / Matches Holder & Ashtray

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	Additional Points to note
1	If the exact age of a item or piece is not known for sure then the seller may (depending on his knowledge of and/or past experience in dealing with items of this nature) make an educated guess as to the age of the item for sale. Any date that has been guessed at, by the seller however will have the ‘Circa’ at the start of the documented date. If the seller has no idea as to the true age of a piece then the answer that will be documented above will simply be - ‘Unknown’
2	All measurements are given in cm unless stated otherwise.
3	All measurements and/or weights given as part of the items description are approximate
4	Any faults, flaws or damaged noted when listing the item will be noted down in the ‘Condition’ box above. Items described as being ‘PERFECT’ are without fault and damage of any kind

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Thank you for looking Terms and Conditions PAYMENT Accepted forms of payment include: Pay pal, this is the safest & our preferred method of payment but failing that we are happy for you to pay by Personal Cheque (see additional notes no. 1 below), a valid Postal Order, a direct bank transfer or on pre-discussed occasions only - We will accept cash on collection THE NEXT POINT IS VERY IMPORTANT: All items bought from Authentic Gifts MUST be paid for in GB £’s Sterling (i.e. Great British Pounds) - . If you are unable to comply with this straight forward request then please do  not bid on our items. If you are unsure, in any way about your ability to pay in GBP > please do  not bid on our items PACKAGING Any packaging costs related to an item are included in the postal prices quoted with each individual tem that we have listed in the shop. To prevent any unnecessary damage in the post >Cardboard corners are fitted to all hard back books and every paper item is bagged in a water proof wrapper before it is packaged to prevent it from being spoiled should the package get damp. > Records are sent in professional mailers and all items at risk of being bent or creased whilst in the post are always reinforced with cardboard before they are sent.Breakable items are packaged in appropriate  containers with bubble wrap & polystyrene to ensure as safe a delivery as possible. POSTAL CHARGES SHIPPING COSTS and SURFACE MAIL- We would like all of our potential customers to know that we are strongly against the practice of charging excessive postage costs on minor items (i.e. items that are light & small) as a way to make additional profit from the purses and pockets of eBay buyers. All of our items are weighed and then priced individually and any postal price we quote is relative only to the weight of the item itself and the distance it has to travel in the post.We routinely post all of the items that we sell in Royal Mail’s First Class postal service.With every item sold, additional postal insurance (api) is offered (see section below) and Combined purchases (i.e. two or more items bought together at roughly the same time) will always receive our biggest of thanks and the best reduction in postal costs that we can possibly manage. For what to do if you do buy 2 or more items from us - See Combined purchases just a little bit further down. WE WILL POST TO EVERY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD but due to countless problems with overland shipping (i.e. Surface Mail) all of our item are sent via the air (i.e. posted AIRMAIL) or not at all. sorry COMBINED PURCHASES We are always more than happy to combine the postage cost on two or more items bought at roughly the same time. When this occurs postage prices may vary as to the weight of the 2 or more combined items so if you 'Request a total from the seller' rather than paying for your items straight away an accurate postage price will be calculated and a new (reduced) invoice will be sent to you electronically. We give all buyers our promise that postage prices will always kept to a minimum ADDITIONAL POSTAL INSURANCE Even though it is offered as a separate option with every item we sell, additional postal insurance (or api) is not automatically included with the postal price quoted with each item. Additional postal insurance is however offered as an option on every invoice sent out to winning bidder or buyers. Before the item is paid for in full each buyer/winning bidder must decide whether to (a) accept the offer of api - this is done by selecting the option on the invoice they’ve receive and then paying for it as they pay for the item in full. On the other hand should they wish to (b) decline the offer of api, this is always their right to do so and in this case, all they are required to do is settle the invoice they have received in full without first selecting the option of api The decision and therefore the responsibility of the before described above lies entirely with the buyer and not us and although risks of loss or damage to an item in the post are small they can and do from time to time occur. I repeat again that none of our items are automatically covered by any form of additional postal insurance (API) and although we always do our very best to ensure that every item we send is well packaged we cannot, and will not, be held responsible for any loss or damaged that occurs to a package once the item has left our care (i.e. been posted to the buyer/winning bidder). In addition to this: no refunds will be paid out, by Authentic Gifts, for damage or loss occurred in the same way. > Postal receipts and strict postal records are always kept as proof of postage for every item that we send out. OUR POLICY ON RETURNS It is our policy to offer full refund of your costs if the item that you bought from us (a) differs significantly from the 'Item Description' from which it was sold to you from or (b) if the item you bought from us is faulty in some way that wasn’t damage caused by poor handling/ treatment in the post. Information given as part of the item description is nearly always observational and the information supplied is designed to accompany the images provided and it is not meant to add any additional points to the item itself. After receiving an item from us if the buyer feels that it does not match the description given at the point of sale then you must contact us immediately. There will be a shop no. in with every package to make life easier Notify us of the problem with your item and if a resolution to that problem cannot be found, then we will of course invite you to return the item to us, if the fault / problem matches one of the two reasons in (a) & (b) above. The item must be returned to us within the first 7 days of it’s date of postage out to the buyer Items returned to us should be packaged in its original packaging whenever possible and once the item has been received by us, a full refund of the buyers costs will be arranged. ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS At Authentic Gifts we are more than happy to try and answer any additional questions you may have about one of our items. Contact should be made in the usual way - via an e-mail but do please try to allow us at least 24 hours in which to respond. Last minute questions will always try to be answered in time but no guarantees are given on this score ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Thank you for taking the time to view this item and read all this. A full written copy of our 'Terms & Conditions of Sale' can be found to read or to print off by visiting the “ABOUT THE SELLER” link accessed from the HOME PAGE of our shop.To get there from eBay’s home page you’ll need to go: From EBay’s HOME PAGE > click on the “SHOPS” link (¾ of the way up on the left). Then in the ‘Search for a shop’ search bar type in “GIFTS” (enter).A bit less than half way down or the page you come to you should see “Authentic Gifts” click on that and after doing so you’ll find yourself on the HOME PAGE of our shop from where all you need to do is click on the “ABOUT THE SELLER” link that is on the left hand side. Alternatively If you click on the me logo at the top this or any of our listings, you will find yourself on page that you need.