Antiques Roadshow says if you tap them, like with a pencil, and get a high-pitched ring, they are repros, kiln-fired. I'd probably have to tap a...
Adding my two cents. I think the design appears to be painted on, or printed. In the close-up showing the birds head, the white areas do not seem...
It looks so theatrical.....pseudo-oriental....
And the wires are part of it? Some kind of bird with a long tail, like the Australian lyre-bird? Or do the wires represent feet?
Yes, that is very true.
Exactly. Interesting article.
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I saw a bunch of these on my last visit to the local garden store; imports, but I forget from where. Really looked quite nice, very decorative....
Great; and you do have the choice to use thumbnails or full-size; I usually go full-size if it is just one or two, thumbnails if it is more....
See the thread at https://www.antiquers.com/threads/photo.8433/#post-122767 File size needs to be below 1MB
There is a thread about that; I use Irfanview, but many graphics programs will do it; I use the resize function to get the image to around 500...
The corner contains the signature or initials, but it would be nice to see the whole thing.
:cool: It is too bad about the condition...wonder if it could be restored enough to be worth something? Davey's link had it at Aussie 300, I...
Davey, your link also spells the artist's name as Henry Alken, engraving by Charles Hunt. Here's a Wiki article about him....
I agree with Spring that it looks like an Omaha-class light cruiser; the four stacks are distinctive, and as AF noted the arrangement of the...
I found what appears to be the same print or etching, listed as by Henry Alken, and I do see "H. Alken" on yours. I googled "Something Slap" which...
Yes, Charlee, post your photos here. Pat, I'll say with 95% certainty that your little pole was made by a member of the Rudolph family, Tlingits,...
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