Not really, I had small belief that it might be genuinely old when I bought it, and am happy with it as a piece of art. It's nice quality regardless
I took it down to the local antique shop and the guy there confirmed our suspicions that it's a modern(ish) forgery with the old map stuck on the...
I bought this pretty Emma Hamilton portrait for £20 on eBay. I have absolutely no idea how old it is. I'm wondering if anyone can please help me...
Could it have been 1830s, I wonder? –– A bit of a long shot
Hello. Dating silver, star patterned wallpaper I'm afraid I don't have a photo, but I'm hoping someone might know something about historic home...
Oo, interesting. My mum says, "In fact one of [the bases] is slightly convex. The other is slightly recessed round the seam, but otherwise more...
I'll ask my mum....
I think it's concave - sorry, I took the photo at my mum's and didn't realise it was blurry till I posted here :/
Yes, it's my kitchen (you should have seen the pile of unopened mail on the table before I blitzed it prior to putting the shelves up earlier!!)
My mum is interested to know more about this pair of probably bronze vases she has. There is no mark I can find on them. One of them is split...
Hello all, I'm wondering if anyone can date these glass fronted shelves. They used to belong to my mum's great aunts and possibly my 2nd...
It is actually paper thin – well, blotting paper thin. I've just had a look at a cup and I can easily see the external painting from the inside -...
I love a good mystery to apply my wits to :D
The 5 cup base marks by LilyS posted Mar 31, 2017 at 3:28 PMThe clearest mark by LilyS posted Mar 31, 2017 at 3:29 PM
I have done this. I uploaded them to Facebook and my Japanese speaking friends have translated the marks as Mr Kishida. In Googling Kishida , I...
The sense of Germanness is coming through strongly in these replies. Perhaps this may have happened (that unglazed C&Ses were sent to Japan....
I just realise I wrote art deco instead of art nouveau in my original post
Kentworld, could the set be, in your opinion (or anyone else's here) early 1890s? My great-grandfather was in Japan at this time, but settled in...
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