Antiques Board
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Large 19th c Persian Khatam vanity box
This is a large Khatam box it was made in the late 19th c in Persia, it's overlaid with 10'000's of micro mosaics of bone, ivory, silver, gold, ebony, copper, and local woods. This sort of ware... -
Pierced Solid Ivory Anglo Indian box with miniature
This is another one from my Anglo Indian Collection.
This wonderful large (for a solid ivory box) box has piercing all the way round, about 1800 holes, it dates from the 1910-20's and has a very... -
Henredon Auction Find
I pretty much know what I need to know on this piece. Just wanted to share my $7 auction super find yesterday
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German-Made 'Wertheim'-brand, 'PLANET' model VS manual Sewing Machine!
Yes, I apologise, it is a mouthful!
Behold my latest toy:
Manual sewing machine. Made in Germany by the HUGO WERTHEIM company. Beautiful condition and after cleaning, lubrication and adjustment... -
Anglo Indian Sadeli box with miniature early 20th c
This Sadeli box from India is covered with micro mosaics, silver, ebony, pewter, ivory, stained ivory, were all used, This one is rather rare because it has a (large) miniature of the taj mahal... -
Anglo Indian Hoshiarpur Workbox 19th c
As promised (after finding a file compressing program) I will post some of my Anglo Indian collection, starting with one of my favorite boxes.
This Hoshiarpur box dates from the 19th c around... -
Anglo Indian vizagapatam trinket box 19th c
Another box from my Anglo Indian collection.
This is a wonderful vizagapatam trinket box, unusual to find being ivory veneered and to have fretwork and to have a miniature painting inset into the... -
Millefiore Swirl Glass Pig - Murano?
Hello folks - Does anyone recognize my pig? About 5" long and 3" high. No marks but there was a little glue from a sticker still left on his tummy. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!
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SILVER KACHINA BOLO TIES
These, I believe were from my parents trips west (US) in the early Sixties which became mine after Mom's passing. Any information you can pass along is GREATLY APPRECIATED!!!! Tribe, maker, age,... -
Victorian Chair.
Hi all,
I thought I would show you all my Victorian chair.
I bought it in 2001 for £100 and when I bought it it had been professionally refurbished with some Victorian wool work in browns and...
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