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wlwhittier liked J Dagger's post in the thread Old Chinese Hand Painted Wooden Bowls.

20th century unsigned lacquer doesn’t typically bring large sums. Yours are particularly good quality and good size. Your best bet may...

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Stiff Western Saddle Rope, Nylon, ~100ft, Pre 1956

I've had this for ~25 tears or so, picked up at a local barn sale. The tag in pic 8 was with it. I hung it an' forgot it 'til a week...

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wlwhittier liked kentworld's post in the thread Old Chinese Hand Painted Wooden Bowls.

Those are lovely. I'd treat them a bit more gently than your great-grandmother did. ;)

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Very nice...Welcome!

wlwhittier liked lvetterli's post in the thread Old Chinese Hand Painted Wooden Bowls.

What a lovely set of bowls. Welcome to antiquers Visabella! Linda

wlwhittier liked 2manybooks's post in the thread Old Chinese Hand Painted Wooden Bowls.

Very nice Japanese lacquerware. The lacquer, known as "urushi" in Japanese, is applied in layers onto the wood base. The colors in the...

wlwhittier liked Any Jewelry's post in the thread Old Chinese Hand Painted Wooden Bowls.

Beautiful. They are Japanese, but could have been acquired while in Asia. You can post more in your next post, there is no limit in a...

wlwhittier liked Visabella's post in the thread Old Chinese Hand Painted Wooden Bowls.

I was given a set of 7 bowls (originally 8 or 10 apparently but nobody knows for sure) around 15 years ago by my Great Grandmother who...

wlwhittier liked kraftblue's post in the thread Small Japanese? Brown Pottery Tea Bowl.

Bev, might be Japanese Tamba ware [ATTACH]

wlwhittier liked kraftblue's post in the thread Small Japanese? Brown Pottery Tea Bowl.

Hoping to ID the mark on the bottom of this small bowl. Stands 1 1/8" tall and measures 2 3/4" across the top. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...

wlwhittier liked Bev aka thelmasstuff's post in the thread Need Help w/Dating a Mexican Reata (Cowboy's Rope).

This is such a specialty item you are probably going to have to find someone who currently makes these by hand because they likely know...