Now that IS weird! What was the designer thinking? Most unusual! I think the lettering says "pair" so the lettering above was probably the price...
Shows how much I know the east coast eh? :rolleyes::D:D Ok well he should still get hold of a local auction and off them that way IMO
Your chairs are teak not rosewood, no matter though, they are desirable. With no experience in the world of buying and selling, call a local...
Could be Persian, most often these are identified as Japanese, and called yatate
This is a nice quality teapot but it is probably no more than 10 years old.
Just got to find piggy now and you'll have all three
just google Chinese opera hand puppet, go to images and see if you can match him up
sweater clip and that's just a guess
part of a bed usually
Museums get things wrong all the time.
yes, more like a Q anon perhaps? (sorry ...couldn't resist):bigtears:
Ensor-ish
Not sure I'd go with Morrison as the "castle" isn't there, more likely this is an Irish family, like O' Brien or something and possibly the piece...
I'd say Victorian, British for sure but can't say which part. Coat of arms could be a Scottish family, don't have my books with me ATM but think I...
Uncanny resemblance to my ex-wife
If it's like most professional antique appraisers associations, you basically attend a workshop for a week somewhere like Vegas, pay them the...
I've had Japanese boxes like that before, date is approximate based on degenerative quality plus Chinese rarely if ever use asymmetric designs....
First one looks Italian, post-war, Japanese one is from about 1910
Had a school summer job that had me using one of these ...lasted 1/2 day then quit :artist:
Utility kitchenware, fairly recent, like go to your local asian grocery store and buy one
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