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    Wooden Contraption

    I so truly do !! :woot::woot::woot:
    Post by: MKLH, Mar 24, 2023 in forum: Tools
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    Wooden Contraption

    @ Komokwa @@MKLH .... my thoughts at first too......but notice how your pics all show a lever pushing down.....as where this puppy looks to pull...
    Post by: MKLH, Mar 24, 2023 in forum: Tools
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    Wooden Contraption

    Yeah I'm with komokwa, from this angle it looks like a homemade (one off) mounted guillotine / cutter, or press.. [IMG][IMG][IMG][IMG]
    Post by: MKLH, Mar 24, 2023 in forum: Tools
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    Copper something?

    "Wunh-wunh" :(
    Post by: MKLH, Mar 2, 2023 in forum: Metalware
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    Today's thrift finds - a BIG plaster(?) couger/cat, a old Rolleiflex camera & a painting (of course)

    Vintage Rolleiflex in good working condition can be worth up to several k ; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolleiflex...
    Post by: MKLH, Mar 2, 2023 in forum: Antique Discussion
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    Copper something?

    As jhern - my first thought was incense burner, with the decorative lid missing (resin based incense granules, which require charcoal tablets ) -...
    Post by: MKLH, Mar 2, 2023 in forum: Metalware
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    Painted Clay Daruma Okimono, Unsigned: Age, If You Please?

    A Match: However the details are limited on the link 'https://www.flickr.com/photos/gabigreve2000/641856484/in/photostream/' with just the one...
    Post by: MKLH, Mar 2, 2023 in forum: Pottery, Glass, and Porcelain
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    Painted Clay Daruma Okimono, Unsigned: Age, If You Please?

    A brief history ; In the late Edo period...
    Post by: MKLH, Mar 2, 2023 in forum: Pottery, Glass, and Porcelain
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    What Is This?

    That is a clam / oyster opener - shucker... in fair condition, and although as you say not an antique, it may be rare....
    Post by: MKLH, Mar 1, 2023 in forum: Metalware
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    impressed chinese mark any idea who made this?

    Correct :) It is generally agreed among Chinese Buddhists and scholars of Buddhist studies that the Chinese figure Guanyin is the same as the...
    Post by: MKLH, Mar 1, 2023 in forum: Pottery, Glass, and Porcelain
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    Sculpture signature help

    With the hammer and anvil below - it could be a loose reference to Thor...
    Post by: MKLH, Mar 1, 2023 in forum: Art
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    Sculpture signature help

    [ATTACH]
    Post by: MKLH, Feb 28, 2023 in forum: Art
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    impressed chinese mark any idea who made this?

    Actually both are right - this deity can be either gender- Originally depicted as a male or gender-neutral entity able to take on thirty-three...
    Post by: MKLH, Feb 27, 2023 in forum: Pottery, Glass, and Porcelain
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    impressed chinese mark any idea who made this?

    In Mandarin this translates as ;Travel Jiangxi Youlong Shengjing Town - indicating it is sold to tourists travelling through the Jiangxi province.
    Post by: MKLH, Feb 27, 2023 in forum: Pottery, Glass, and Porcelain
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    Can anyone ID this brass candlestick?

    I love the bizarre title of the book - 'THE KALAHARI TYPING SCHOOL FOR MEN' and how it's written in higher case. And is that a stuffed bear claw...
    Post by: MKLH, Feb 16, 2023 in forum: Metalware