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  1. wlwhittier liked Any Jewelry's post in the thread Teeny Asian bowls. Salt servers?.

    Individual bowls for soy sauce, ponzu, and the like. Very cute.:)

    Dec 5, 2025 at 1:26 PM
  2. wlwhittier liked 916Bulldogs123's post in the thread Teeny Asian bowls. Salt servers?.

    Agree, dipping bowls. The style and painting plus the mark makes me lean towards Satsuma for the maker. I didn't see Hideyama on the G...

    Dec 5, 2025 at 1:25 PM
  3. wlwhittier replied to the thread Teeny Asian bowls. Salt servers?.

    Or perhaps...Wasabi?

    Dec 5, 2025 at 1:25 PM
  4. wlwhittier liked gauntlettgems's post in the thread Teeny Asian bowls. Salt servers?.

    Sweet!! Ty

    Dec 5, 2025 at 1:24 PM
  5. wlwhittier liked Debora's post in the thread Teeny Asian bowls. Salt servers?.

    Perhaps this will help: [ATTACH] Debora

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  6. wlwhittier liked gauntlettgems's post in the thread Teeny Asian bowls. Salt servers?.

    [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Hi, What would these be used for? Only ones I saw online called them satsuma bowls and the link...

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  7. wlwhittier liked Any Jewelry's post in the thread Decorative brass heads, help please.

    Does anyone think the lower 'leaves' of the headdress are meant to be pointy ears? Like a pixie or something similar?

    Dec 5, 2025 at 1:23 PM
  8. wlwhittier liked Any Jewelry's post in the thread Decorative brass heads, help please.

    About 1.5 cm, and the 'thing' it is attached to must follow the curve of the inside of the face. So probably something metal, maybe a...

    Dec 5, 2025 at 1:23 PM
  9. wlwhittier liked Debora's post in the thread Decorative brass heads, help please.

    [ATTACH] "Art Deco bronzed metal figure of a court jester on a Bakelite base. Size 15 inches tall. The figure is in good condition and...

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  10. wlwhittier liked Any Jewelry's post in the thread Decorative brass heads, help please.

    Yes, something like that. Which would fit in with a possible Gothic Revival origin.

    Dec 5, 2025 at 1:22 PM
  11. wlwhittier liked Any Jewelry's post in the thread Decorative brass heads, help please.

    Looks like they were meant to be screwed securely to something else. That something else has to be thin enough to fit in between the...

    Dec 5, 2025 at 1:22 PM
  12. wlwhittier liked Debora's post in the thread Decorative brass heads, help please.

    My first thought was Art Deco. Debora

    Dec 5, 2025 at 1:22 PM
  13. wlwhittier liked daveydempsey's post in the thread Decorative brass heads, help please.

    I did an image check on Google and found a similar head It was in Dutch but when I click the site it says it does not exist anymore....

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  14. wlwhittier liked Any Jewelry's post in the thread Decorative brass heads, help please.

    I got three of these small cast brass half-heads in a lot of Indonesian 'stuff' (including two Yogya silver sifters:woot::woot:). The...

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  15. wlwhittier liked Any Jewelry's post in the thread Edwardian Victorian or deco sapphire pearl and diamond ring ?.

    Old cut diamonds were occasionally taken from broken jewellery and reused. Or from a family ring that 'needed' to be updated.

    Dec 5, 2025 at 1:19 PM