I saw a plain olive green 1 quart bowl today. Left it there for another treasure hunter.
1. No idea. Way out of my area of expertise. 2. Who's the fuzzy Princess in the background?
My guess is done from a photograph. The carver could have been anyone.
If you're keeping it, fix it. If you're not Kyra, probably best to leave it to the next guy.
Maybe it was Mom's commentary about marriage? (I'd call this a "thanks, I think" present) Not a clue about origins other than not being horribly old.
I'd probably leave it to the next guy. Better as is than a mistake when repairing.
I keep an eye out of the weird stuff!
Yes and no - period 1930s Hollywood Regency almost certainly. 18th century? Most likely not. I'd go over the frames well for marks; they might...
Industrial Deco at that.
They look like enhanced prints rather than paintings. The originals are probably in a museum in Paris somewhere.
I'd be betting on later Victorian goofy. (Goofy is an adjective not a design name) The Victorians mixed and matched earlier styles with great abandon.
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Goofy stuff turns up at odd moments. I found two of the biggest scores of my life at the "last yard sale" I wasn't even planning on stopping at....
I took glass beads from Shalimar boxes the local Marshall's was tossing in the trash. Someone nicked the bottles and left the boxes.
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