In sum: 'It is a chair that has no utility or comfort at all.' :hilarious:
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Some of this was also bandied about on another PV thread: https://www.antiquers.com/threads/portieux-vallerysthal-glass.31216/
A cameo with a timepiece theme. :)
A search for 'Persepolis plate' will show you others of the type.
Paleolithic art as modern art. Everything old is...
Just so. Both of these cameos belong to me & they are not far apart in age, and yet: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
[IMG] [IMG] You have confused me completely. Are both of these photos of one of your plates? Figures look Mesopotamian to me.
I certainly get an Assyrian griffin feel off the winged creature.
For good mesure: [IMG]
This may be completely (pun not originally intended) off base, but my first thought was that it is a replica of one of the many 'Venus' figures...
I was wondering that too. :)
I don't know. Suspect they would also feel glassy. Although we think of fish scales as rough, by the time they have been reduced to a paste,...
No matter how smooth they feel to your fingertips, pearls that were made by a mollusc will feel slightly gritty when rubbed against your teeth....
I've heard of star-crossed lovers before...
It feels like it, but, truly, not everything is to be found on the Internet. Paintings would have been given over to publisher to have the prints...
Here & there in the photos, there are places that are coming across as absolutely white. My feeling, from info available, is that it is molded...
Maybe Bolko is on Facebook. He seems to be the incumbent: Hans Heinrich X, 1st Prince of Pless c.1850-1855 (1806-1855) Hans Heinrich XI, 2nd...
Agree. A copy of the first edition of the book could set you back a bit:...
I'm more inclined to think it's the real deal than not. It was (re?)framed, maybe cleaned, in more recent time; 110 years is not so old as al...
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