Thank you to EVERYONE on this thread who helped me with information! Really appreciate the group. Hoping to sell these at auction or privately...
WOW! Thanks for this amazing info! I'm trying to find a good auction house locally that can help. Really appreciate the research you did and...
Thanks, great idea!!
Im going to try to sell for pickup locally in West Palm Beach area of Florida. All the info the forum provided has been helpful and so greatly...
Here are pics of inside of urn, discoloration under the chipped white paint, and the magnet sticking to the urn in a couple of places. Wanted to...
Thanks for ur feedback - the info is very helpful!
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Magnet stuck to the urns in multiple areas tried. No failed attempts. My husband was able to lift the top part off (YAY!) and we could see inside...
i don't believe my last reply posted correctly - so im trying again. sorry, new to the forum, learning the ropes. and appreciate everyone's...
I just noticed too, and wonder if it's bronze. I will do the magnetic test to see what I learn. If it is Bronze -- is that more valuable then Cast...
Sorry, I was referring to this image attached -- I thought this might be a woman with a symbol behind her possibly? [ATTACH]
Does anyone recognize the woman's face at the top of the urn -- what it might represent? I thought that might be a Vatican symbol or cross behind...
Thanks for all the history - amazing!! Any recommendations on how to appraise or who to turn to for further identification? I do think they have...
No plan to alter -- hoping to sell once I can appraise or at least have better understanding of the pieces. Thanks!
Will try the magnet test - thanks! Definitely rust, not Terracotta.
Thanks and great catch - hadn't even seen the Fleur de lis!
Hoping for help id'ing if these 2 beauties (5'5" identical urns) are: cast iron? Victorian era? And if symbols - cherubs, lion, images of ppl...
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