I was once lucky enough to have a Hermes ashtray to sell from a job lot, with a handpainted carnival horse as its design. They are so expensive...
Yes, the three figures do have different roles. The main figure lower left seems to be milking the snakes for their venom, perhaps to put in that...
I do think that the Arabic text may give clues to the meaning of the print, but I know myself well enough to discount the idea of me actually...
Could well be, perhaps not just power but a benevolent use of the power, they look surprisingly tame. So much symbolism, it's a bit like a...
I think that sounds very plausible! I've just looked up Egyptian flags, and the green flag was in use from 1923 to 1958, which gives a reasonable...
P.S. I love the calm, rather human-faced lions, which remind me of the lion in the Wizard of Oz!
This strange print came with a job lot of books which I think was a dealer's group of problem pieces in need of identification or repair, so maybe...
This is a very small tea cup, about 2.25ins high. It has a bright, poorly-applied chinoiserie design, of a style popular in late Georgian times,...
This posted itself before i could add the photo of the base![ATTACH] Thank you for this information. I hadn't noticed any restoration to the...
I have had this a little while and always just thought of it as English, end of 19th century, probably a fairly ordinary Staffordshire firm. Now...
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