Good policy, generally. However, in this case, I believe this person's style will go out of fashion in the not-too-distant future and may not be...
Claret jug
Good find! Sell it ASAP!
Are those key escutcheons period? Look a few years later to me and replacements/additions?
Why not contact him and ask him what it is, you have the inventory number too so should be a no brainer. The piece? IMHO, Meh.
Agreed, a very nice piece. I'm not a Doulton expert but guessing around late 19thc/early 20th? Tube lined and beautifully done. Love the way the...
They look like the fancy Chinese ones from the late 90's early 2000's. Pretty good pens, actually.
Is it listed on Discogs, Maven?
At least you were politically correct enough to not describe the profession of said unmentionable personage as a faggot gatherer, even though that...
I haven't seen anything quite like this before, so I will have to make an educated guess. I don't believe it to be newer, it reminds me of...
Louis ____
I see a few references to a "Simon" Soboloff also ..same subject matter, similar dates, Russian Canadian, lived in Toronto etc, same guy d'ya think?
I'd buy this one too! Don't know if you have this bio, but not a bad article: https://newspapers.lib.sfu.ca/mcc-cjr-22352/page-23
You'll find a bunch of Pickard stuff out there in a similar vein, all about the same period. Limoges etc blanks decorated in the US. Around 1920...
The cork carvings are Chinese and are generally representations of the Daoist Paradise The tray is just great. Nicest piece I've seen all week...
I can name that tune in 3...2...:arghh:
I'd buy that.
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