The more I look at that two mil plus vase, the uglier it gets. Then again for 2 million plus I'd give it house room ... until I could get it to...
After last week, just OK. Next week, it'll look pretty darned spectacular!
Other weeks I hit dry wells, but this week was OK.
Went to that charity thrift where I hit the jackpot last week. Not so much Jack as Pot this week, but I did find a sterling flip bracelet (with a...
That'll work!
Letter opener would be my guess. If it's solid silver no wonder it's short!
That's a good 'un. I have no idea if it's tourist art or not but for five pounds who cares! I'd have been all over the African one too, but I...
They could also have been cut by the original artist to that size for some reason, but I doubt it. Would cleaning both (carefully and with...
I don't have a photo of it, but this is a Google image search of pieces by the same maker....
The one one the right looks South Pacific somewhere, but beyond that I haven't a clue.
That's what I was thinking. Some sort of drain plate insert whatsit.
Looks legit. Blob top? I've seen that term somewhere.
One had bitty tension-set diamonds and sapphires. I think it was a custom job. The size 3 ring was pave set with small diamonds. The ruby one...
If it's quarter-sawn I wouldn't mess with it too much, but YMMV. If it has damaged veneer paint is the best thing that can happen to it.
My grandmother collected a bunch of Noritake before she got married in 1921. Back then it had the Morimura Brothers mark instead of the N. It...
Hand painted Nippon for sure. I didn't need a mark to see that part! Can't read anything other than Nippon; the rest is a rubbed-out mystery.
This is a case where it might be 100 years old, but no one will ever care. I'm betting the drawers work better than anything but those roller...
Yesterday's goodies. The ones on my finger are marked for gold. One butterfly is silver, one is marked N China and the little guy is brass. The...
That would work.
If it's gesso it may have been painted black with gold trim originally.
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