Yes! Ceylon! I knew Siam was sounding iffy as I was typing it but it was the best I could do at the moment.
Well that’s a pretty damn good point isn’t it!? The small one in the second photo is the one I was referring to. Lol.
I thought green man too. There’s also a green woman and green man’s mother. Could be one of them. I have a cool plaque of green man’s mother...
I had a set of these that I want to say were marked “Siam”, dark black wood with bone. Three different sizes. The marks were very well hidden on...
I think the kneeling woman may be a Baule figure from the Ivory Coast. I say that only because I have one thats not very dissimilar that was...
How cool is that!!! Learned my new thing for the day.
That was my initial thought. Scroll weight.
Isn’t it beautiful! Nether a duette or buckle. Just a regular brooch as far as I recall. I’m out of town. I’ll look again when I get back. I...
Yeh I think you’re right. Took a second look for me to see it. :)
Amen to that.
Complete is good. In that case as long as someone was willing to give me a slightly larger chunk for an incomplete version I’d be fine with that...
I guess they look slightly cooler with the cube type shape on top and multiple colored pieces in groups. I still don’t think I’d necessarily like...
Ok guys. I got back in touch with the guy that had these. He did figure it out. He didn’t say how when I brought it up. The sculptures are by...
It doesn’t look very old to me but that’s just a guess. It’s a neat piece though. I think there is a common name for this style of Chinese teapot...
Agreed. For the record I don’t actually like it. I just like the predictability of silly heads.
Thanks. The few pieces of theirs on eBay that I found marks for didn’t match this one. I’ll look more when I have more time and see if I can find...
I didn’t understand your comment the first time I saw it. Yes the hoop earrings that I did not single out by name amongst the few other items.
Was just going to amend my comment to I’m sure they had locations in the Uk, and likely Oz and/or S. Africa. I believe I’ve heard it was used...
pretty sure they must have had locations in the UK.
A wealthy ladies high end jewelry collection was auctioned off. I bought a bag consisting of some of the costume and some silver stuff. These were...
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