Nice looking trunk - the dome topped ones are aesthetically pleasing compared to the rectangular ones. Yours looks like it may have had some...
This not a screen that was used to stop embers from popping out into the living space when the fire is lit . . . . painted wood & needlepoint...
Trying to determine the age of these shades - top and bottom are ground and they have a few air bubbles in the glass. Interestingly they're not an...
Very nice piece. Question; Are the shelves attached with screws or dowels ? It's hard to tell from photo. The Arts & Crafts tradition would think...
Wanted details on the winged version of these ~ any particular meaning to these which sets it aside from the regular non-winged examples ? [IMG]
If you have one anywhere near you, check a architectural salvage business. Many are open to the public. One close to me has bins of hardware.
Here I am (center) in 1974 with friends I met on a trans-Atlantic voyage on the SS France. The jacket was my older brothers and dated to 1965.[ATTACH]
Going back to the painting ~ decent facial expression for a naive work . . . what one would see from a person reading. Looks like mildew/mold...
Very good photos - they do show hand done construction and hand done Barley twist work does indeed suggest early. Most all post 1850 pieces would...
I agree, Circa 1900. The less refined carving leans late Victorian. There was a lot of industrial volume hand carving combined with machined...
The pricing thing is a pretty convoluted and inconsistent element. The gamut of when, where and how something is sold in the antique business is...
Virtually all of collection in the photo I posted were dug in Connecticut, USA in the 1970's. There were dumps small and large, many not...
I think it's a machine made bottle, has a inner lip seam and trace of a seam on the lip. I collected mold blown bottles for many years - this one...
Clipper ship and barque are very nearly the same... only a slight difference in rigging. Now as to the ships in the background - they appear to...
This type of maritime 3/4 view of a clipper ship was popular and sometimes referred to as a T. BAILY style who's works date earlier. Even into the...
I agree. Had a few similar pieces in my shop 30 years ago . . good quality, all hardwood, including secondary woods.
No. 5-180 was produced 1935-42. Someone stripped the russet finish off this one. Cushman had much pride in their finish which was a 8 stage...
Psycho Tiffany [IMG]
Perfect for horror movies ~ a Tiffany double stem student lamp is seen in Hitchcock's Psycho (only half is visible in photo). An amazing lamp made...
Fan of any poster of a film my father was in. Here's a 80's French re-release of THE KILLING, a half grande size. Note they used an image of him...
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