If you have to get stuck with silverplate, Christople isn't the worst thing to get landed with.
On the other hand, the game system as worth that money because everyone else threw them out. So....
I just found him. Mats Jonasson squirrel for sure. Not crazy money, but cute....
As long as they get put out for trash when one of us is driving by! Pretty nice score.
It's got a Jonasson sticker on it, but the glass itself is signed with a name and Finland. It's a go-figure, and will be headed to a squirrely...
Pietra dura was another possible, but those often had black backgrounds. I guess since since it's long gone we'll never be sure.
My guess is it's gold; the Victorians didn't always mark things.
At thrift prices I'd have jumped on that too.
He's a dragon! Even better.
Looks like it has a finial missing. Beyond that I haven't a clue.
I know this one too. The title wasn't familiar, but I was singing along on the chorus. Knew it right off. Great tune.
Your dad and this bunch would have definitely gotten along! IIRC that part of the world is a major source for the stone.
Went to an estate sale this morning at Way Too Friggin' Early and in the "kept the engine running" cold. Wore a hat, my down coat, gloves and...
Ooooooooh. I like that! Nowhere to put one, but i like it!
I think we joolies would have liked your father! A labradoriate tombstone? Pretty awesome.
Both are pieces you could build a whole room around, especially the second one. They'd both look awesome in a more minimalist modern decorator...
Heard the hook from same as soon as the band name popped up. I'm a child of the synth pop era. They never went crazy big here, but they did chart.
That's a rabbit hole all right!
Looks like someone's decorative decoy that never got painted.
OTOH it would be a good piece to mess with - as in experimenting with a hydrogen peroxide soak. Poor thing needs a bath; it looks like someone...
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