[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Hi all,got this lamp at a local secondhand goods store for a great price. Was hoping is was...
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Don’t know.. Several possibilities.. Maybe doorstops? Something like: https://www.amazon.com/InsideOut-Cast-Iron-Penguin-Door/dp/B0043X4TGQ
Maybe they were part of bookends? https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/59496208_penguin-cast-iron-bookends
I don’t know.Certainly looks old and as if it was dug out somewhere (or left outside,big condition difference between the back and front) Overall...
Does this not have a serial or manufacture’s number that you can trace to help you verify info?
It is interesting. But just a decorative ashtray I think.
Well,that’s certainly an unexpected and surprising comment . Well done for thinking outside the box.. I agree does have the “Morticia” look :)
Yes,nice..
Anyway it’s cool!
Maybe something like this?...
Looks like something that you can open (if you wanted to) With that bolt and the nut in the bun and screw on her back. Can the bun not turn? Also...
Found the exact little statue. Bronze woman figurine with offerings (small greek bronze) https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/299982025164177356/
Interesting.Don’t know. I would also think for cleaning out drainage or irrigation lines/channels (those half-pipe open ones)
Ok. Thanks for that. I obviously had to google Archaic Greece. So the little brass statue is based on a archaic period view/version of Hera?...
Something like this: https://www.rubylux.com/item/1594550-09x20INDIAx204567/White-Marble-Bowl-Ramx27s-Head-Pedestal
Cool looking bowl. Personally I would have thought marble.
The pose almost makes it look like a little ‘award statue’
The Getty museum seems well worth a visit. Read about the ‘Statuette of Aphrodite’ holding the golden apple and what/who the statue represents...
Many thanks Debora for the information and image (and saving me time) This time around I was thinking Egyptian for sure (haha) Apple not ball (got...
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