Can't really imagine what that life was like. The record of ownership is preserved; what I would like to know is where the stone came from, who...
This may not be Talavera, but the way they mark opens your eyes to another way of seeing this one. Except now I see TSAER for the second word....
I'm most puzzled by that little notch in the arm. I do have an oak jewellery chest that is about that size & similar layout, except does not have...
I had that thought too.
Is there anything on the /'.; [cat nearly rolled off the desk] flat side or just blank?
You're welcome, but doesn't seem like a useful observation. To my uneducated sensibility, it does not feel Italian. If that is a W & not an M,...
How big? Maybe the big odd bit was meant to hold in place something that stood in the large compartment? Looks purpose built, but...? Think the...
Maybe the neck of what it went into wasn't round either?
Upside down, this bit could almost be Greek letters, ELGMI, except epsilon is backwards: [ATTACH]
Terry's reply led me to this site, very useful: http://chicagosilver.com/marks_master_list.htm
I've never seen this before & didn't know it was even possible. How cool! I can see why a person could be partial to them. I have a fondness...
Something that way. Seems designed for liquid to come out in more of a gush, not the controlled flow you would want for pouring beverages.
I don't know rice about them either, & agree it is unscoop-like in many ways. But if you poured from this, wouldn't the liquid come out like a...
It works. :happy:
Looks more like a scoop?
Looks like a drum major, pipers, drummers & a dog. I don't see musical instruments of any other type. About the leopard skin:...
Wonder if it used to say around the edge, but all worn down now. [ATTACH]
Interesting that the UBC emblem looks so much like the Masons' one & does not include a hammer. [IMG]
May not be this one, but shows Armand Bayardi was giving some thought to this sort of thing.
Different foundry? Think these are labels more than signatures, put there by the foundry rather than the artist.
Separate names with a comma.
