MINE! Actually, there is a piece coming up at auction next month that will not be cheap but that I could still manage if it doesn't get too...
Stumbled into this while looking for names of Viennese jewellers working in the 19th century:...
Meaning they are the same shape? Does the creamer have the same form as Shwikman's?
The bowl is a mystery. Does it rock the way it is? Does look as though it is meant to slot into some kind of base. Not something I have seen...
That is one crazy quilt!
Is that base to highest point? The body where contents are held looks about 2/3 that, so not overly tall for a creamer.
Size? By shape alone, look like creamer & sugar bowl.
Lingerie or hosiery bag. Used in drawer or luggage, not laundry.
That has to be one of the itty-bitty marks the French use for fineness. You may find help here: https://www.925-1000.com/Ffrench_marks.html
It's very similar to some inflatable dolls that were being sold widely (I remember them near the checkout counter of our supermarket) in the early...
I alert someone at CARC if I find one of the Poniatowski gems on the market. They are not 'antique' (Imperial Roman or earlier); they were...
The car in second photo is c. 1955: [IMG]
To see all 40 gems in the Christie's sale: https://www.christies.com/SaleLanding/index.aspx?intsaleid=28329&lid=1&saletitle=#lot_6199212
The owners of that site are Oxford University's Classical Art Research Center, which I think is connected with the Ashmolean Museum. I would be...
They look pretty old, so could date to earlier 50s, when Americans still went freely.
Souvenir of Cuba?
Notice the shape of her mirror. :)
A friend brought the upcoming auction to my attention earlier in the week, suggesting I might want to go see it. That is a huge part of the...
If she didn't use it & not the kind of thing she would have bought, maybe a small gift, possibly from the person who made it? Know my mother...
BK, but I'm pretty terrible at deciphering these.
Separate names with a comma.
