I sort of tend to agree with you, which is why I had never bothered to look at the marks before. On the other hand it is much more "alive" than...
I don't think this is definitive since the marks match those described on a box in the royal collection in England: "Mark of Feodor Rückert;...
Thanks - I knew about the 1908 but didn't know it stopped in 1926. The Cyrillic is the Faberge mark with the royal warrant over it. The P...
This was my grandfather's - I remember it from the early '60s (so at least I know it's not an ebay fake :)) but I suspect he got it sometime...
The way my mother told the story - My great great grandmother was in love and wanted to get married in Indiana, not move to Texas with her...
Fig. - notice that while there is no mention of scandal in the listing you found, it notes his marriage and lists his two children - no mention of...
Afantiques comes from the home of the "society for putting things on top of other things" as featured in a classic Monty Python skit. Now my...
Some of the sources - there are also some other NYTimes ones, but I don't have a subcription there. The Evening Telegraph, Monday May 7, 1900 -...
You might also suggest that they take some more pictures - move it out from the wall, light it properly, put some items in it for display, etc....
Thank you - you really are awesome:happy: - you even answer the question I didn't ask but should have.
This woman had an eventful life, but I have doubts about her being the Adelaide in the picture. It seems that 17 year old Adelaide, daughter of...
First - Thanks for a Textiles Category! I have this, which I have always called a piano scarf, that I am thinking of selling. I see similar...
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