The pseudo Chinese marks were originally, but erroneously, attributed to Caughley. They are now known to be Worcester. Good to see that you posted...
A very diverse collection, thanks for the details. Living in Western Australia, I'm surprised that you have two Aussie examples.
Spot on Chinese Qianlong period and a lovely example....
What a delightful - untarnished - collection, some deeply embossed with flamboyant designs and others subtly engraved in the aesthetic style. Is...
Chinese, late 18th C export, late 18th C. to early 19th C. Qianlong to Jiaqing reigns.
Sorry to say that this is just a modern commercial Chinese vase, probably dating from the late 20th C. and of no interest to collectors of...
Probably 20th C. (but could be earlier) Chinese but hard paste porcelain rather than bone china.
You are right. True micro-mosaics use extremely fine tesserae and achieve amazing detail and gradation of tone.
These pictures, made from tiny canes of glass, are called micro-mosaics. There’s a short Wikipedia article on the subject.
A - belated - Merry Christmas to all too!
Cross hatching is typical of Australian Aboriginal painting, originally in ochres but now commonly in acrylics. Having said that, I haven’t see...
As Shangas said, they are often damaged, but that doesn’t matter very much.
Are those figures from Arnhem Land, Australian Northern Territory?
I love the warm glow of old brass, the alloy has a softness and attained a lustre through years of polishing. Yours, with square base, inverted...
This site seems to be comprehensive. Registration numbers are further down....
Smaller than I imagined too! It’s too easy to have misconceptions about actual size by looking at photos. I like the plate and, assuming condition...
Repairs are common enough on delft pottery because it is very easily damaged being a hard tin glaze over a soft body. In fact, with antique...
In reply to Ownedbybear: Czech was just a wild guess, perhaps the glass fish which were turning up here with tedious regularity about 20 year ago...
Indeed, that’s the one - not mine but almost identical. I wish that the auction hadn’t been deleted.
Unfortunately they are not very old. They are quite low quality reproductions or in an antique style. Early 19th C. to around turn of the century...
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