Here's a fine little enigma for you ... [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] I have had this for a long while now, and it has always fascinated me. At first, when...
OK ... thats cool! Actually, you are joining the rest of us ... this is all guesswork - and google doesn't help buy showing art nouveau AND art...
So, komokwa, are you saying that it is not art deco? Is it nouveau? 40's? 50's? What do you think it is?
[IMG] [IMG] One of the local french junkshops has this robust looking vase. I am curious about it ... so I decided to photograph it and see...
... Thanks for that say_it_slowly. I think I will follow my gut instinct, after comparing Fantechi's works, and err on the side of caution, and...
Having done a little research I have found what could be unfortunate for any prospective buyers of Fantechi. It appears that Asian copyists used...
If your interested in obtaining it I've posted it on ebay: https://www.ebay.fr/itm/113930641364
Thats because they are frafliwell spowkn !! :smug:
WOW ... that was quick work! Thanks say it slowly. Guess I should go and buy them!
I was not expecting this to be a Brit pot ... I thought it might be southern Europe ... I am amazed at what it actually is!!
[IMG] [IMG] I keep looking at this little 'plate' ... in fact there are two of them. A very minimal mark - a V in a shield? There is 'something'...
... Any Jewelry you're kidding - right?! Look - I'm British ... and we don't have that kind of humour we think of it as humus ... that's why...
Peggie Foy is known for her twee fairytale figurines. Indeed there is a Pathe News item on the 1951 Festival of Britain, in which she is shown as...
Brilliant Debora! Thank you very much. Where did they get this style of writing from?? ( Don't answer that!) ... anyway, I can speak ... I mean...
Doh! Yes, you're right - on both occasions! ... I really haven't a clue what is what ... it's the excitement of the hunt! Must be the tablets!
Glad you see that too blooey ... now ... what about what is above it? Is it NIDUE? MDLIE? ... could it be the potters/decorators name? Also, I do...
I don't think its a Talavera pot ... but the writing is useful in helping me to understand what on earth I am looking at regarding the mark. I...
Well, I am looking at a Talavera (Spain) pot ... the writing looks almost exactly the same as on my little pot ... but WHAT does it say?! So -...
[IMG] [IMG] [IMG] I think this is superb! I believe it is a vide poche rather than an ashtray. But as for the marking underneath ... what do...
Here is the bottom line folks: Our dear friends at the Place de l'ours send their greetings and would like to inform you that this piece is a...
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