BTW, I can't tell but wouldn't the glass take out the twist? If you put a sturdy/rigid backing plate along with the glass and replaced the...
TBH I couldn't say exactly the timing but the moist environment softerns the internal collagen of the ivory and the clamping should reset the...
It's a tricky game but using a moist environment (many days in a plastic bag with a wet sponge, not the frame getting wet) it will become slightly...
Both ivory, the carved one is really good, Any's right, Cantonese, around 1880-1900
Spice box, handmade (not necessarily by a professional) made in India anywhere between 1850-1920, the wood is sheesham. It's a very common design...
Don't take my word for it but it maybe French, the Green man isn't normally Italian and the dial looks French as well. Give me "carved to death"...
Really nice, would love to see close ups, it's all about the detail. Not you typical Vienna wall clock, far nicer.
The truth is I started collecting these well before the ivory ban thinking if I could assemble the whole set I might find the right box. I would...
TBH there's a few I don't have but your right, the one in the thread I don't have ;)
d[ATTACH] [ATTACH]I've been trying to collect all the puzzles to make a set for years.
Yeah it was lol
Here is your one https://www.puzzlemuseum.com/month/picm06/200611chinese2.htm
I have a number of these Chinese puzzles, I'll take a pic tomorrow, mine are ivory, I have 2 burr puzzles 1 with 6 pieces and the other with 12...
I suspect it's from a Chinese puzzle box, carved in Canton around 1820's. I think it's the ball on a stick one missing the ball and the base. Yes...
Doug Peat ;)
It could well have been peat but I remember when cleaning it it had a faint creosote smell and water with dish soap cleaned it but IPA didn't...
Like yours my is also walnut but unlike yours mine hung over (I suspect) a Scottish fire place where coal was their main source of fuel, it's...
It looks very fine to me, I love this sort of very skilled carving :) This is my plaque .......
Very nice piece, I might be tempted to get some walnut and fill the keyhole or find a lock and use it for a door again. I would say carved in...
I think the real talking point here is what value should have been put on this? IMHO I think the £400 it sold for was low, I would have put a...
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