The two rectangular beads with the round circle designs I've seen in catalogs of import bead supplies, I believe identified as from Nepal, but...
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Seriously, I have no idea about the monk, but am not sure the teapot is carved rather than ceramic. The seal would be very hard to do in a...
Sure, the lady is likely wood; but many of the details on the man look more like a casting, or possibly stone. A photo of the underside of the...
Nice. Transformer implies the lights are low voltage, so a savvy friend should be able to determine the necessary voltage, and replace the...
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Operculum: a plate secreted by a gastropod mollusk that serves to close the aperture of the mollusk's shell when the animal is retracted.
Welcome; I'm from WA also, and not a hoarder, not a hoarder.....not a hoarder.....though my basement says otherwise.
One easy test: rosewood floats in water; ebony will sink, though it is only slightly denser than water, and I'd not be surprised if poor-quality...
I'd guess a bit older than 60s; maybe 1940s - designs hadn't changed much in those 20 years.
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I'm wondering if the first item and possible the second might be a casting, and not carved wood; or perhaps stone, even. A photo of the bottom...
I've seen a lot lamps, both old and new, where the pipe was threaded only at the ends. Older lamps I think are more likely to have only the ends...
I seem to remember seeing a similar item on Antiques Roadshow (US)....but of course don't remember much of what they said about it....
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