And the manner to show them with this poor bases made with soft wood tainted, really not sexy items in my opinion for more than a curiosity price…
This is a good manner to take this item. In the past I've studied and after that wrote about slavery with the trade of some material used for the...
As a fan of those little tables, I give you my opinion too, the top is a good english part especially looking at the lock typically english,...
On the pictures it's possible to see that the spoon is bone, but not good enough to be certain of the matter used for the body.
For me the links are very interesting to show that everybody can try to sold about everything for so many $ than somebody can think it worth that…...
I don't think it can be german, on german silver items from this period, the 0,800 does be applied at the end and stay visible, here you don't see...
This is normal on all enameled items to make less tension between the two faces when enamel cooled, if you don't enamel can cause so tension than...
Yes, on all I've tested it was high grade silver to protect from tarnish, and more easy to apply with electrolysis.
What happens if you clean the green spot on this picture, they are exotic hallmarks but here the quality is not machine maid, more as a repoussé...
Good buy for yours $ if you need some work, here and on the german market those items are no more very desirable, only those made by KPM or others...
There is a simple way to count how old an item can be, usually used is the 25 years method, for each generation you count 25 years. Those...
As said Debora this is wool tapestry technique with small number of density threads, made as a hobby than other art work. They are tenths of...
Russian at the tzar era doesn't write in cyrillic for monograms, don't forget that french was common language for russian nobility. But looking at...
Thanks afantiques, I suppose it was something to do with this tradition reading the elopement and the two in the coach which are not afraid, the...
Speaking about snuffboxes in another thread, I make pictures to illustrate that and remember from a painted English or Scottish snuffbox which has...
They are all about 1750-1800, some can be a little earlier like this with the Putiphar's wife. I put dimensions on the pictures pages as soon as...
Can be but we use exactly the same material, color and pattern here, my answer was to explain that I can have make it with his design precisely....
If you look at one of this links, you can see it can come from your neighbor house too.;) They are a lot of people interested by this art work or...
Thanks for your appreciation, it's always the same conduct, you buy one, another, sold sometimes, and after years and too lazy sometimes to put on...
For my association of collectors I've put online pictures from the holland and germany provenance tobacco and pipe boxes I have at this moment,...
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