Welcome to Antiquers, NPG. If you might have more queries for us, it would be worth your time to view the link that Komokwa listed and learn to...
I live in the PNW and I don't see anything particularly First Nations style about it, although I could be mistaken. Interesting design though.
The mark looks like some Asian characters. However, looks like a nice piece of studio pottery to me.
Yep. DH threw out my unfinished stained glass window a few years ago when I was on holiday abroad -- it was from a class I took in 1980. :hilarious:
Betcha I got you beat -- I'm a "world class" procrastinator.:beaver:
That provenance will only help to increase lookers and price should you sell it!
Misinformation spreads easily, LOL!
Frankly, I don't think it matters what side of the crown the dots are on -- never heard of it. What matters is how many dots. So, 9 dots,...
Well, it was 1863 IIRC when Japan "opened" to the West, so not earlier than that. Turn of the 19th/20th c? Really, I'm thinking 19teens up to 1920s.
Count the dots. Start after 1891. 1891 + 8 dots = 1899.
I had to google Maison Dihl et Guerhard: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacture_de_porcelaine_Dihl_et_Gu%C3%A9rhard You can translate the page...
I have seen that type of pebble glaze for want of a better term, but usually if someone has "done" something to a ceramic piece, it's very...
Yeah, for something like meteorite, I would think hands on would be the only way someone would commit to an ID.
Now, that is cool. I couldn't really figure out what was going on with the first photos. Metal covered terra cotta jug. I have no idea who,...
I visited Ste. Anne de Beaupre in Quebec way back when I was a teen. Beautiful place.
Welcome, Irina. I agree that the earliest your set could be is the 1980s as that is when microwave ovens became more common in homes -- at least...
Well spotted! Which is what I initially thought it was, but usually there's a (matching) pot or something that sits on top; I didn't know there...
Here's the potteries info about Mason's which was acquired by Ashworth: https://www.thepotteries.org/allpotters/708a.htm
Cachepot according to google lens: https://auctionet.com/en/971002-rechaud-porslin-meissen/images#image_2 But google lens also says Desevres...
Love it! :hilarious::hilarious::hilarious:
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