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PorcelainMarksAndMore ... help needed

Hi all! I have been fiddling around with a few things recently, trying to get two things sorted out: - the navigation (especially on...

Forum: Pottery, Glass, and Porcelain

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Red branch coral brooch

Hi everyone! I bought this branch coral brooch this weekend. I did a google image search and it said the writing was Japanese for nickel...

Forum: Jewelry

Marote liked daveydempsey's post in the thread 1980 Jimi Hendrix Japan Import Electric Ladyland album.

Never followed Hendrix and I couldn't name any music. :eek: I was more into sport when I was younger and most of the heavy metal and...

Marote liked daveydempsey's post in the thread 1980 Jimi Hendrix Japan Import Electric Ladyland album.

If it was printed in Japan then they might have read the Oxford English Dictionary and got the word Gipsy This spelling is an older...

Tiquer liked daveydempsey's post in the thread 1980 Jimi Hendrix Japan Import Electric Ladyland album.

If it was printed in Japan then they might have read the Oxford English Dictionary and got the word Gipsy This spelling is an older...

Tiquer replied to the thread 1980 Jimi Hendrix Japan Import Electric Ladyland album.

You can see it on the record pic.

Marote replied to the thread 1980 Jimi Hendrix Japan Import Electric Ladyland album.

Gipsy/Gypsy

wlwhittier replied to the thread Paua or Abalone Panels on Resin, Stretchy Bracelet.

It's work; 20 to 30 feet deep in surging surf, among a rocky bottom; you're free-diving with a snorkel. After you pry 2 to 4 of them off...

Marote liked kentworld's post in the thread Antique Silver Swans marks.

Those are sweet! Salt cellars? (They'd need a glass liner.)

Marote liked kentworld's post in the thread Does anyone recognize this mark on a porcelain creamer?.

Yes, it is a kutani design. Dates c1915 to 1930s I think. Made for the Western market -- cheap and cheerful quality.