Yup they lied :( 3 out of the 4 corners damaged and the base split and a bit broken off, never the less I would pay the £30 1000x over to receive...
I very much wish they were 18th c vizagapatam but unfortunately not :( I still haven't found what they are, I have seen a number of them over the...
I would have said English as well, if you type in google images "Dutch wooden tea caddy" Vs "English wooden tea caddy" this shape and style is far...
BTW so many "carved bone box" fakes on the market today, nearly all on Etsy are fake https://www.etsy.com/market/antique_bone_box?ref=pagination
I got it before I read your comment, I'm a Brit :cigar:
It's a pity that Victorian boxes don't use these beautiful keys (picture 1) rather these boring keys in (picture 2) Picture 3 is the box size keys...
I managed to buy a job lot of antique keys, about 400, more than half were box size keys. The larger keys are in the workshop rusting :shame: 90%...
No worries, I did make the mistake, I never worry about making mistakes when writing, it's just a reality of being dyslexic. I'm happy to be...
Thank you for thinking of me :) Unfortunately the Sadeli on the slope is impossible to restore, this is why Sadeli that's fully intact on a box is...
https://orientalantiques.co.uk/product/antique-japanese-carved-wood-printing-block-rai-shiho-%E9%A0%BC%E6%94%AF%E5%B3%B0-calligraphy-dated-1899-mei...
Of course it's yours to do with as you please and I know you only paid very little but I wouldn't do anything with it apart from maybe waxing it...
Nice flag, good on you
I love this, what a fantastic find (ukiyo-e), I suspect this is early, before 1870's. Very nice thing.
I'll be the first to admit my spelling and writing is terrible, I've never been academic in anyway, despite this I've managed to be as successful...
Well at least now you can say "natural material". I still think 1920's, you would expect natural material to be earlier.
It's very hard to tell, I've always used the hot pin test, sometimes I think the pin will never go in and it does and sometimes I'm shocked to...
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