monstrance: a consecrated vessel to contain the Host. [ATTACH]
The Latin quote is a line from a Eucharistic hymn by St Thomas Aquinas, associated with the Feast of Corpus Christi. Translates as "O saving...
Nice find, I like it!
For putting your spiked punch in? I'd think it would be OK to remove the red...
Is OK, Gila and OldGuy! No need for apology.
Yes, hand-carved...but especially with the Indonesian hand-carved masks it may be a group effort; one of the kids does the rough carving, Dad does...
Yes, not rosewood....other than that, wood ID from photos is not always easy....impossible to photograph the refractive qualities that help ID...
I'd think this is lathe-turned rather than carved, judging by the evenness of the circular rings. There are lathe chucks for bowl-turning that...
I'd say it looks similar. A fisherman would probably consider that the first one is a "spoon," the ones in the link are "plugs;" and there are...
Or fishing lure, like a "spoon" (fishing, not soup). Looks like possibly horn. Certainly a primitive mode of construction. No idea about the...
I don't know, no dimensions were given...
The long toothy mouth is an Indonesian signature also. Big Indonesian carvings do often fetch a couple hundred, apparently based on size alone.
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One could perhaps speculate that if they are by the same maker, Kardinal's is an older one, using inlaid plastic, and that the ones I've found are...
Looks sort of indecent to me.....adam and eve maybe. Too bad the photos are a bit blurry, or maybe that is all for the best. Am I just imagining...
Another, on worthpoint. http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vintage-r-b-hand-crafted-colorado-buffalo-belt Two more on ebay, but haven't found...
Similar from pinterest, perhaps the same maker: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/446349013040691651/ [ATTACH]
Here's a larger pic of that back. The ebay listing calls their inlays lacquer, but who knows....looks like the same stuff to me. [ATTACH]
I remember that pourable plastic, epoxy resin or acrylic. Found an article on resin casting http://craftbits.com/project/basic-resin-casting/ and...
Online search indicates that L.E. Mason was a metal-casting firm, making a variety of items; so that does not help narrow down the possibilities....
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