I do now realize that many more puffer fish handles and finials are needed in the world.
It looks most like 506 to me but my second guess would be 606. Edit: seeing the zoomed in photo which is much better than my eye it looks like...
I’ll do that. A lot of gold digging back then went in the opposite way it’s most commonly thought of now. I suppose wherever and whenever there is...
Wow you’re amazing Bakers. I really appreciate the time you put in here. It’s so neat to be able to learn more about this woman. I feel some...
You could be correct but to my eye (a pretty new one admittedly) it does look like a straight up painting. I did have a solar engagement/crayon...
In my experience you’d typically be correct but this guy is actually an exception lol. I like to give credit where credit is due.
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Harsh! ;)
That was my interpretation of the signature too. I couldn’t find an artist by that name unfortunately :(.
Agreed.
That was my my first inclination based on the tone. Looks like it might be plain old beat up silver plate based on others replies though.
The result of naughty boys and girls who’ve stayed up past their bedtimes. ;) They are ready to deliver coal. For the record I don’t think they...
The colors on this double portrait are so strange that I had take it when it went for under $10. It’s really not half bad work. I’m thinking 50-80...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I’d like to find out when this lady may have been painted and more about her. I’m guessing late...
curious how long it took to sell and whether or not you did “well”? Only big (not nearly as big as yours) tribal’ish decor type carving I’ve had...
That’s a good point. Usually they are inconsequential but not always. I paid a bit extra for a good historic families crest once.
[ATTACH] I wonder if there was any difference in his mark once he made the move to KY? Once you get into the world of southern coin silver you...
Ah you’re the best. Clearly I didn’t exhaust my resources and just lazily settled for a Google search after looking in a couple of the usual...
These came in a spoon rack as part of a country/farm house decor lot. I assume no one noticed they looked like coin silver, which I assume they...
I was lucky enough to find a light up one on the side of my road the night before trash day last summer. Just as a rain storm had begun. Something...
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