Alas I didn't get it. Sold for AU$400 and I bailed out at $260. Still think it was a reasonable buy at $400 but I didn't have the spare cash. Such...
I'll have a shot at it. Will let you know how it goes. Cheers Stephen
Many many many thanks for that. It is a delight to learn something new and interesting. Thank You Stephen
This has got to be the wackiest frame for a painting I've ever seen. It's up for auction with a local mob and listed as Jesus & Archangel Guzco...
This is my kind of clock. Wacky wood with a think about it dial. Looks like it originally had a mains clock and someone has crudely re-routed it...
One think that has got my interest is the blank area underneath the hieroglyphs. Room for "here lies my loving husband Fred Ankhmes" ??? Cheers...
Thanks for that Susan. I tried to translate it but couldn't find a small bird symbol with the bird looking right. They all seem to look left at...
Could be but it is kind of odd to put initials on the carving as well as the plinth. I think that's what made me think it could have been the...
Your right it is quite well done. As it came from an estate sale Mr. R.G. was probably the deceased inscriber. I'm thinking the discoloration of...
:banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead: I should have seen that a mile away. I'll go back to sleep now:yawn::yawn: Cheers Stephen
Trying to find out who the carver of what I think is a soapstone carving mounted on what seems to be a plastic plinth. He or she has marked both...
Ok. It hasn't got microwave dishes on it but I had to suck you in somehow but you must admit they do look like microwave dishes. Couldn't resist...
Christina Hansen from the local museum came through again and found a photo that shows what I think is the shop front for the factory with...
Found a little more. The local museum says they disappeared from the phone books in 1980. They don't seem to know when they started. Cheers Stephen
Found it after perving on thousands of thermometer rear ends on the web. The maker is "Gunnar Christiansen" and they seem to have existed for...
I think I'm up "Smukt creek" without a paddle trying to figure out who the maker was!!
Thanks Susan. One problem down. Does anyone know the manufacturers mark?? Cheers Stephen
Got a bunch of what I think are mid century barometers recently and I'm having trouble deciding if they are Swedish, Danish or Norwegian. I...
Edwardian jug ??[ATTACH]
Found this at a recycle center and for $8 I couldn't resist. I had previously seen fancy pinched glass decanters covered in silver but never a...
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