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I'd have to disagree. The vast majority of instruments like this were not made by individual craftspeople, but in large shops, and the...
A bit like granite, but if so, with very little visible feldspar.....
Close-up doesn't look like jade to me; and I'd think not Native-made, possibly just home craftsperson
Found a closed listing for similar on ebay, described as possibly a tea kettle for a canal longboat. Engraved "Joy ?......and Co , BRIGHTON in a...
Yes, and a good violin shop won't have to repair it to know how it will sound, and what it is worth; they'll look at it and say "That's a Strad...
I can't I'd the wood; some kind of hardwood without an obvious grain pattern; could be a lot of possibilities...alder, a plain piece of maple; and...
It is amusing - I'm not familiar with that puzzle, or the globe.
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As said....there were so many makers that the label is unlikely to reveal much. For an assessment of quality, I'd take it to any of the...
Wolf Originals are not resin, and they will not respond like resin to a hot-pin test. However, they are not soapstone, and are not carved. They...
Kareka, a Cape Cod artist of the 1960s. compare: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Bill Holm sadly was pretty frail last time I talked to him. But still hanging in there.
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