Sorry, I didn't mean to imply that there was anything wrong with liking dragons, just that the dragons seemed to be the only thing going for this...
Thank you, just what I needed to know, and things to look out for in the future. Not old, but not brand new, so vintage, I suppose. I want to...
This little snuff bottle was in a small lot of Oriental vintage, mostly touristy items, along with a couple of other snuff bottles which were...
Thank you all for your renewed interest, and particularly Kate Q for her translations of the Arabic. I've looked up Ahmed ar-Rifa'i on Wikipedia,...
So stacking turtles is a thing, it seems! I was a bit disappointed when I first collected my plates to see that one of the nicest looked like...
I must try to find that book as well. I have looked up Doulton Burslem marks online, and found them on antique-marks.com. There is a C M Wray...
Yes, the bad photo on the right is the same as my square one with the plump squirrel, and the one at the top, shown sideways, is the same as one...
My bad, as they say! No wonder I've been getting nowhere with my own research, and needed you guys to put me right. And there it is, Burslem, on...
Thank you for this! And glad you like the plates. But it seems that Charles H Hart designed for Royal Doulton, not Doulton Lambeth. The photos...
Glad you like them, and that my taste isn't that strange! The monogram looks carefully done but there is an odd line in the top right hand corner...
I've bought a lot of 5 Doulton Lambeth plates, circa 1887 - 1891. They are painted with rather strange little scenes involving animals and...
I've just posted a photo of the base, surprisingly dirty. If the pot looks oriental maybe it was exported white and painted in Europe?
My memory failed me, as usual, the base has a wide, unglazed rim on the base.[ATTACH]
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