Such things are still used and treasured in other parts of the world. If the gentleman's wife was from one of those, I bet she was thrilled.
It's a Sold item if that helps. I know it was open to international bidders, so it should come up on ebay.ca that way.
OTOH with luck those lines put the other punters off and you got it cheap.
That style in pierced is begging for trouble in the long run, if you keep them on. The Victorians and Georgians made day/night earrings and...
Effing eBoo strikes again. I forgot.
Got it!...
I was thinking it was used as some sort of anchor, but not in water.
A spittoon : "odd" is being generous. The birds were ahead of their time; brass birdies were white hot recently. Maybe they thought the wedding...
The one I saw was brown with gilding, and had what I swore were shell inlays in the wings. I'd gladly give the blue one a home if it turned up.
BTW - Noritake made some porcelain hatpin(?) vases to resemble the butterfly lacquer boxes. I saw a friend sell one on US eBay recently. They...
I've never seen any closure at all, and the cord content is up for grabs. I think for export they used whatever was cheap and would work. No gold...
All I'm saying is "oooh wow". If I saw that I'd buy it too!
Welcome! It reads like 19th century to me, a non-pottie admittedly. Not a dot in sight and the gilding and pink/red look dead on.
Better than RIP YOU. Best to let Mama do her thing when she has babies around.
My dad had friends in Hoboken. Here, bears are fairly common. Saw a baby go scooting though the yard once. There are wetlands behind the house,...
Even before I saw the title,her hair and makeup said 1920s. Her fan looks a lot older than the photo.
My dad was from Maplewood, mom was from Elizabeth, and my Jersey first cousins were in Union. Me...I was raised in central Connecticut.
Ceramics that big are usually modern decorator pieces. The longer ceramics are around, the more likely they are to be smashed at some point....
Heck, if I can see it from here???? Bad lighting would explain it. Even those of us looking can't see in the dark.
Don't tempt me!
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