I was thinking the same thing. I was assuming based on good condition, nearness of family memory & Asian origin or style. However: For French...
BTW. There were only 3 entrants from the US, one of them Rookwood.
There were entries from 44 Japanese ceramics firms. This is more recent & not the same quality, but I think we may be looking at something that...
I think it think it is similar work, so that 'enamel' would be another good search term, but Longwy is not listed in the exposition catalogue &...
The flower with the faux opals could well be from the 1960s. The metal has not aged well, making it look older. We have a photo of only the back...
Don't know that it's correct, but I'm partial to the idea of wheelwrights, making the guy with the whip the test driver. Those wooden rails look...
The hammer resembles a tack hammer: [IMG]
Both figures with long handled tools, the one we know is a mallet, seem to be shouldering them in such a relaxed way, & were able to stay still...
Whether by chance or the deviousness of the Internet, today's e-mail brought this link:...
Guy with the square also has a rip saw. Not sure I see any blacksmithing tools. There are 2 very long-handled tools, although we can only see...
Looking some more, found that there are individual entries for the firms in the Limoges list. What I am not finding is any mention of Sèvres,...
This pair are Sèvres: [IMG] https://www.proantic.com/en/display.php?mode=obj&id=360677
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You would have more chance of success if you leaned toward any other country. Not a surprise that France was represented far more than any other...
The catalogue is organized by countries. In each class, entries from France come first, then French colonies, followed by foreign countries....
Welcome, Linda. Many similar stories here, from all over the globe.
I'm speculating, some of the others may have actual information. Since they do not appear to be musical performers, wondering whether they are in...
The seated man appears to be playing a drum. The standing man has something similar to cymbals?
Ceramics are in this volume of the catalogue: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k73386h/f2.image These look to me more like caches pots than...
I would call it jasper too, which has more to do with appearance than type of mineral. Jasper is opaque microcrystalline quartz, typically a...
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