Wow! Great find. Not "significant", if you mean a high value, attributed maker, rare antique. It's a few too many centuries away from that. Check...
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They look similar to the old orchard pruning and harvesting knives once used here in the Rogue Valley. [ATTACH]
Be careful, the plate is very hot?
I pity the woman who has never known the pleasures of collecting shoes.
Sniper!
Madam. :) I don't know either. The style looks medieval to me. Terracotta has been around since about 10,000 BCE, so that's not much help. But at...
Wow! And what in the world should we call those beasties?
That makes sense, it being a stamp of some sort. But a typical intaglio looks more concave to me. [ATTACH]
It IS! Most people have seen only the old black original dusty, beat-up versions, and don't realize what it is. It's nearly indestructible. With a...
The St. George mythos got very tangled over millennia. Is he slaying a 'dragon'? The Devil? Enemies of the State? Enemies of Christianity?...
Thanks! Just to clarify I was talking about the fabric covering, not the stuffing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haircloth...
Corning Museum of Glass, the international mecca for glass research, has a great on-line dictionary as well....
That first one converts into a nutcracker. The torchiere table lamp is mid-century modern, could qualify as the currently hot Hollywood Regency...
Check out Irice bottles. https://www.ebay.com/itm/123709102241?chn=ps&mkevt=1&mkcid=28
The article explains it. https://www.antiquetrader.com/collectibles/souvenir-ruby-glass-flashed-stained There are literally thousands of ways to...
Me too!
It's very easy to spot when you see scratches in the red finish. Real glass won't do that.
I believe that term is only used when there are two actual layers of glass, such as a red layer cased over clear, and then the red glass is cut...
Can we start with the Sweeney Todd jokes now?
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