It reminds me of "the Pelican in Her Piety". [IMG] The pelican (yes, I know, it doesn't look like our idea of a pelican) was thought to wound...
With also a JH monogram.
The sea monster looks a bit like Renaissance depictions of dolphins.
Only looked at 1 of the 2, but clearly says SECOND EDITION, so thanks for getting that sorted. OP's still looks like RE&$ED to me, but obviously not.
Welcome, D'Manchago. What is the size?
I think your husband is a find!
Maybe Revised Edition (much expanded)?
Sometimes a book is judged by its cover. :joyful:
Yours is in 2 volumes; the one on ABE is a single volume. Something can be a first edition without being the first time the content is published....
I have a somewhat similar cameo in a shadowbox on the wall in front of me, a pinkish Gibson girl type on what does appear to be a black...
Funny. Google led me back here because I searched for the F.H. Bresler Co. I have a cameo framed in a shadow box with that same metal tag on the...
Oh, I'm glad you posted that. It reset my eyes & now I think I see what you see, & bald places do look like chipped enamel. I thought I was just...
My money's on sard/dark brown, but we'll know once she has had a bath. I still have no idea what 'ground shell' is.
Does the average eBay buyer leave the search at that? I always reshuffle either by ending soonest/recently listed or price high/low, depending on...
If the price was commensurate with condition & seller's idea of what they're selling, you probably got a good deal. I have no idea what this...
Let's give AI & others some help in future. Signature of painter Susan Overstreet [IMG]
Spill vase was my immediate thought. The cattail motif on the pump might be some confirmation of that, suggestive of rushlights?
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Suspect the American is sh*tkickers. Most Americans haven't a clue what winkles are, or what it means to winkle something out of someone.
The scenes on the one that interests you are done en grisaille, a bit different from the gold leaf of the Japanese museum sample (which they say...
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