Don't know about Brooks; but welcome!
If the back-stamp is visible, this article has a guide to dating via the back-stamp: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syracuse_China
Looks similar to many of the décor or tourist items often marked "made in Persia" but actually coming from Iran or India, source of many brass...
The kind of shrinkage I am talking about would not cause any noticeable distortion to the graphics.
It does look to me like there are lathe-marks; and while it is possible to lathe-turn a bowl so it is oval, it is not easy or common, and would...
It is an alien/space monster.....:blackalien:
Not saying it is necessarily the case here; but it is quite common for an older bowl to appear oval, when in fact it was round when turned, and...
Welcome!
I'd add that it certainly shows no signs of being from the Northwest USA or Canada; and while it could be Borneo, I'd also add that craftspersons...
Yes. Made in Indonesia, on the island of Lombok. Doesn't depict or represent any particular type of ethnic mask, so far as I know. These...
Or my feet either. :angelic:
I don't know if the snakeskin necessarily makes it more valuable; boas or pythons might be quite common in the area it comes from. But the case...
Found on a beach, or in the woods? Could be just glass, shaped by wave action, or melted in a campfire. Or an odd beach rock. That would be an...
To add to Komo and Eve: auction houses can vary in how they handle absentees; but one with which I am quite familiar, I've sat on the floor and...
Really, you need to take it to a reputable violin shop. Even an expert - and I'm not - can't tell much from online photos. For sure it is not a...
Nice ducks; but as Evelyb30 says, the Stradivarius label is somewhat of a tradition; probably half of all violins ever made have such a label; or...
I've got no idea of retail value either; they do come in all qualities, from souvenir wall-hangers that are virtually unplayable to professional...
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