:hilarious::hilarious::hilarious: I fell in love with an Okimono once, a modern carving by Clive Hallam, of a Tanuki or racoon dog. It was...
That Inugami is gorgeous!
Fair enough, maybe i'm thinking of more recent bone carving but iv'e certainly had bone with darker vessel opening (thinking rib bones used as...
That's good at least, It was the way they seemed lightly off-set that threw me, such care taken with the rest of the piece. They are uneven at...
Yeah, they are inlaid, brown with black centre. 2" long
Interesting, can honestly say it hasn't made me think Dragon, just doesn't seem dragonish! I would have thought the colouring wrong for bone, not...
So, I have this animal head Netsuke, described as bone at the auction but I didn't think it was when I bid on it and i believe it may well be...
Thanks! I am often amazed at what can be found in charity shops and flea markets when people don't recognise things.
Your very welcome, something I actually knew (a rare occurance)!! :smuggrin:
:hilarious::hilarious::hilarious: Oh good grief, now I have the whole village of peacocks strutting about in my mind!!! Fascinating though, the...
Now I have an image in my head of peacock mating rituals! :D
Thanks, I agree it's a lovely village scene, peacocks and all :). Glad I was on the right track, it was pretty dirty when I got it but cleaned up...
Actually mine was the same in silver!
The artist is Louis Armand Rault, whose initials often get confused with Lalique. I sold one of his medals once, which is what this probably is,...
Hello everyone. I found this recently and while I recognise Anglo Indian silver from the 19th and early 20th to a degree, this has very fine...
I did hunt through the Millers encyclopedia of marks, which is huge, but none of the Naples marks fit. Of course, like you said, it could be an...
Bronwen... I wondered about that, viewed up close it does look as though the left hand letter overlaps the right hand one. I think it's H T by...
I did think Peruzzi when I first saw it as it's so alike other pieces I have had or seen before. The Naples marks don't seem to fit either,...
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The marks could be read either way if not a heart... the one in the circle looks roosterish if the other way around, just not enough like a French...
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