Interesting conversations about this. It is good to hear all of the thoughts about it. One thing is certain, it is very near to being unique....
I had the same reaction! :borg:
I found an example on a bank building in Serbia. https://vertexpavilions.com/former-austro-hungarian-bank-in-subotica/ "The robust building, the...
Ooops, a correction ... https://www.argento.gallery/paintings/isabella-van-egmond-van-der-nijenburg Jan Anthonisz van Ravesteyn ... for the top...
The sitter in your painting has a similar look as the sitter(s) used by Paulus Moreelse ... [ATTACH]
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A bit about John B. May here ... https://cabinetcardgallery.com/tag/john-may/...
That's well done! Love it.
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I was having a bit of fun finding the bits ... [ATTACH]
This may help, lots of information ... http://parkscanadahistory.com/series/saah/cylindricalbottles.pdf
That's a good mystery ... I got nothing.
Also ... https://www.oakknoll.com/advSearchResults.php?authorField=Manly+Banister&action=search...
Here's a article that may be of interest ... https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/travel-guidebook-oregon-past-present-180977454/
SANGAMO http://www.sangamoclocks.com/history/...
Look here ......
The auction states ... A patinated bronze model of a seated man 20th century Indistinctly signed. height 11in (28cm); width 15in (38cm); depth 9in...
Ditto ... something like this ... https://www.bidsquare.com/online-auctions/artemis-gallery/maya-peten-polychrome-bowl-w-glyphs-1368133
Another says British 1930s ... https://jp.mercari.com/item/m52415830121 [ATTACH]
These folks say the one they have came from England in the 1950s??? http://www.british-life.jp/shopdetail/000000007628/ [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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