Jacob Petit was easy to find: Petit, Jacob, French 1797-1868 The signature in the cast appears to have '09 at end. Could have been cast in 1809...
I believe the carvings are mirror-turned to indicate a pair. When on display in a room, or against a wall , a pair would have mirror-turned...
@elarnia Thank you for cute photo! Yes, the Sand Hill Cranes are fun to watch. We've been following several generations for 12 years now. With the...
@daveydempsey Mick? Is this is a yoke? Seriously, what's the M for?
Correcting myself here. It may be Richard Sawyer, not Stevens. Very similar spoon shown here:...
Thank you, @Houseful! Thought so when I saw the 'harp' - have a G-beer lov'r in the house... Maybe Richard Stevens, shown on this page on...
European silver tablespoon, 23 cm, 9"+ long with marks unknown to me. Country of origin, etc., anyone? Initials on front are K above M * D....
Some artists liked to paint portraits of themselves... Frida Kalo was one notable selfportrait artist.
Playing D-vil's Advocate here: What if the painting is not BY Sophie Coors but OF Sophie Coors?[ATTACH]
Am I alone in thinking that someone tried to pass this painting off as a Sophie Coors original? The "provenance" with the name and address is the...
removed by me.
Where I got that servants brought their own closets: I watched an old movie where the story went from late Victorian times until the 1930s. It...
Mea culpa: I am guilty of having spread a myth about property taxes on closets in the U.S. In my defense, this was told to us--my husband and...
@Any Jewelry and @Clunt91 Clunt you expressed a desire to wish to learn about antiques, about value for your wardrobe. I gave one example of what...
There is a valuable lesson in sometimes NOT knowing what a socalled value should be. It varies not only with the item but with its provenance,...
@Clunt91 I did think you're in U.K., hence the cm measurements. Here we never ask WITW questions because what's it worth to one person is...
1920's, early 1930's in style. Forgive profiling but it was not a socalled hi-end piece at any time. For general info: Homes, houses, built for...
@janetpjohn No, they are just lumped in the same mfr line, STIM, as in shoal of fish.
Sorry if I wasn't clear. The Fish figurines and platters in the STIM series appear to have been the design of Sven Wejsfelt, as shown here, again:...
Sorry, INH, when I wrote that she, Lisa, was not the sign STIM, I was right. I checked just about all the Lisa Larson designs on the Mother Sweden...
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