i dont read arabic unfortunately. but im almost certain that this is in fact the top of a table. i have seen these kind of tables with foldable...
hello again the only one i can find in my book that is like this one is Porzellanfabrik Kalk G.m.b.H post 1900 :) but without the E and L, maybe...
well the colour strongely suggest an amethyst, but not reay having the piece in hand to feel the quality proberly, it could just as easily be a...
well im not that strong in bottles, but i have seen bottles in this style advertised as old wine bottles, with a heavy pricetag (in my opinion),...
the way i learned a few years ago, was going to auction and pretty much buying everything that looked nice, had a fancy name, or was of decent...
yeah, and this one actually revealed to have a faint old needle-engraving on the back, dated 1920, which is a round about right for this one :) it...
its always fun when you can just see what looks to be a hallmark on a tarnished, and then you take it home and clean it up, and it turns out your...
yesterday i bought a nice bunch of mixed antique silver spoons off one of my friends. this one was a bit messy, as you can see, but it cleaned up...
definately not crackle, as crackle is a specific glaze that makes a fine pattern of cracks under the top-layer glaze. i dont know what to call...
i agree with evelyb, guilloche is famous for its wavey pattern under the translucent enamlel, although more geometrical versions are common too,...
hmmm i cant see any picture, are you sure you uploaded it correct??
well the bigger the auctionhouse the bigger the reputation. they wouldn't have time and labour to run normal value actions side by side to their...
i agree that these are old, blue and white transfer print have been 'outdated' so to speak, im not sure what they are doing now to print a pattern...
hello, i have a book with many of the european porcelain and stoneware makers marks, i'll have a look in it when i get home after the new years :)...
i believe these marks are a sort of assay mark for pewter, as in guaranteeing the quality and amoubt of tin, maybe guaranteeing the absence of...
also, in pretty much all the pieces i've seen, it is stamped platinum in the piece to avoid confusion :)
its hard to judge if its unmarked silver without experience with silver and some testing. it doesn't look to have the age to be before a mark is...
I like the smaller local auctions better than the bigger ones. we dont have a lot of auctionhouses in my country, but we do have one huge and...
Well ive been amazed at the prices silver items Can be aquired for with a bit of luck before :o i once bought a boxed set of chinese export silver...
Hmmm, might be difficult to find one at a Price based on melt, and which is genuine antique, but i'll keep an eye out never the less :)
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