From http://www.porcelainmarksandmore.com/resources/misrepresented-marks/crown/index.php : [IMG] Repro mark, crown held up by two lions. 'VICWNA'...
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Hi Haley! Looking forward to reading your posts!
Owie! :hungover:
Yeah, I'm thinking he probably had his foot in a cast for a long time after dropping that anchor on it!
Thanks, Verybrad!
Thanks, Antidiem! It does have a certain shabby chic appeal....
By the way, the person who had listed the similar piece believed it was German in origin. :-)
I'm trying to learn more about this piece, signed on the back Zero O.W.G. I believe it may be bronze plated, if not entirely bronze. The only link...
Mickey and Minnie would be kind of ironic... Or how about Richie and Joanie from Happy Days? Judy and Elroy (The Jetsons)? Barney and Betty (The...
Perhaps it held the guy's ashes?
Looks like these were definitely the kind that were hung in doorways. :-D
Ugh! Bring back the wood!
Here it is: http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9F03E5D61239E733A25755C0A9649C946197D6CF
I can't get in without a subscription; but my googling led to a couple of old articles mentioning an engineer by the name of A.A. Parkhurst who...
Do you have a link to your shop's website? I'd love to visit, if I'm in the area. :-)
Do you have a pic of the underside? What are the dimensions? How appropriate that it is pink!
If a museum believes the donation would be of no use to them, it's their responsibility to inform the would-be donor, and regretfully not accept....
Perhaps D S Geist was from a neighboring county.
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