Darn spell check; you just can't trust it. It would be a good name for a tea infuser though. :)
@bluumz [ATTACH] The way the neck looks all dinged up concerns me. You might ask is this photo accurately captures how it looks in reality....
Everyone knows cameos rock!
I also see glass.
He's a lamplighter. Nice change from soldier. Company probably makes all sorts of characters.
Lot 0266: 16 Assorted Collectable Tea Pods Someone had a code in de dose when they typed this?
Lot 0149: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/438158 https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/87.15.134/ Pierre-Auguste Cot:...
Lot 0109, CIVIS ROMANUS SUM: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civis_romanus_sum
The Tiffany bust, lot 0105, owes a lot to conventional allegorical images of Day/Dawn:...
@Jivvy A new one for you. So you can work your own photo magic, here's the original photo, cropped & leveled out a bit: [ATTACH] All I could...
Nothing livens things up like an appearance from Special K - drop in more often! I thought we were going to have a party when 'views' hit 2,000?
Seller says Nelson is glass. Nothing to do with Nicholson; everything to do with 'warts'. :)
Well, that increases my Nicholson 'collection' by 25%. :)
British Museum: www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=84540&partId=1 An Australian dealer:...
Nelson, warts & all: [ATTACH]
It looks to me like it was not re-photographed for this sale. I have the originals saved from when I was researching the piece & see no...
I would need to see more than part of a pic to come to any firm conclusion. What is shown here looks molded to me.
At one time they crossed the Pond as ballast in cargo ships returning home.
Which use Caribbean shells. :)
With those fangs, you sure this isn't Ozzie O.? What a bad job with what could have been a pretty piece, even though molded.
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