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A Lady And Her Severed Head - A Cameo Mystery!
I HAD TO HAVE HER. Look at his ridiculous grin and staring eyeballs. Now I have a couple of mysteries maybe y'all can help me solve.
Subject? Signature?
The subject: A woman with a... -
STERLING SILVER BOOKMARK SLEEVE (???) Ca. 1910.
I picked this up at a small antiques shop while out walking today.
The shopkeeper said it was an Edwardian (certainly looks like it) sterling silver BOOKMARK SLEEVE.
The original bookmark was... -
My not so small Fostoria American collection
I am up to about 85 pieces now. Not including the 6 or 8 pieces that were from my Great grandmothers original pieces she brought from Moundsville when she moved to California in 1915. My Dad Keeps... -
SE Asia Carved Wood Female Bust: Is This Tourist Art?
This is the first of several pieces owned by an old friend, who is nearing her end an' wishes to know what specifics I can glean from y'all about them. Her son gets first choice on all her things,... -
French Glass Cameos
In a recent thread started by Simona a cameo was presented that, based on the original photos and description, I expected to be hardstone of the sardonyx type. Then Mirana produced evidence that... -
Sold Thread
We have a finds thread and I thought it would be a good idea to have a sold thread.
I'm thinking of retiring within the next week and the next 5 years.
If I can't lift heavy stuff then its time... -
Can you help identify the type of work on these linens?
1. Blue and white-
2- raised? flowers
3- Madiera?
4- a kind of damask?
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19th Century Electric Desk Lamp ID ???
hi everyone. i found this lamp last week. i don't think it's the prettiest thing i've ever seen, but to me it's very interesting. there's a patent date at the top of the shade of "Sep 23 90."... -
Kutani vase
Another acquisition. I think it's an umbrella stand, or maybe a stick stand. Looks like kutani. I really like the decoration around the top rim. It has very elaborate decoration on the front of a... -
Martin Zeiller's Topographia Archiepiscopatuum Moguntinensis Trevirensis et Coloniensis from 1654
Hello everyone! A new user from Finland here.
A couple of weeks ago, I agreed to try and rescue a whole bunch of old German books from the estate of an old and very cultured Finnish German...
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