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'Prehistoric' pottery
Pre-Columbian pottery can be really hard to ID, but I'll ask anyway.
This measures 4"x7" (10x18cm) and what piqued my interest was the old-looking script on the bottom. Maybe the script comes... -
Olive jar?
G Lens says that this is a 19th C Turkish or Greek olive jar. Does that look right to your more intelligent eyes?
37 cm tall (14.5") terracotta with a green glaze; a small decorative motif around... -
ANTIQUE MERCEDES TYPEWRITER
Purchased earlier this week!
A lovely ca. 1933 Mercedes PRIMA portable typewriter.
After a gentle cleaning, and putting in a new ribbon, it works like a charm! -
Thoughts on age of this painting
When the frame broke it was white, slightly translucent resin.
I don't know if the frame is original to the painting. -
Stamp on earrings, silver, oak leaf.
Interesting stamp on earrings in the shape of a leaf. I couldn't find any information. Help!!! -
A caricature
In April of 1913, when my grandmother was 16, she and her mother rode the train from Birmingham to Atlanta for a week of opera. I don't know what hotel they stayed at, but it seems that many of... -
Sterling pin dish? Gorham, ID pattern please
Any help at all is fabulous. Thank you. Pattern and or what this dish is? Thanks in advance. -
Is this sapphire pendant Art Deco or a revival piece?
Hi all! Picked up this pendant at auction recently, it was on a modern silver tone chain but I thought the pendant looked older (rather than the whole necklace being a more modern revival piece).... -
Ashes to Ashes, Funk to Funky...
Just pulled this ashtray out of our buffet. It belonged to an aunt, long passed away, who was a world traveller. She went to the far East ca. 1950.
I know nothing about silver hallmarks, but to me... -
German Commercial Postcard, Stuttgart: Age?
This is ~6" X ~4 1/8" on thin stock; looks like letterpress printed.
The text reads as follows (thanks to Google Translate):
Mr. W. Spemann
Publishing House
Stuttgart, 42 Reinsburgstrasse.
The...
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