He looks almost Scandinavian to me, but who knows. East African ...coubbe. Someone else will be along who actually knows something.
Those plastic things like to come apart at the seams. Boxed is best. I'd bubble and then box, but I'm OCD about packing.
The goofier stuff is still selling. I just shipped out a souvenir bank from a bank today from Davenport Iowa, and it went back to Davenport. It...
They've been coming out of India and similar spots for the last decade or so. A lot of the stones are glass.
The stamp inside says Made in USA and that's as far as I can get.
I'd say India and very modern. Beyond that, dunno.
I'd watch out with some of those comb-back books. The old ones have been known to crack at a dirty look. I wouldn't put the old stuff in an...
Thanks. That's about what I was thinking. I've seen similar on old lingerie from the period. (the stuff that survives because no one could stand...
Cast iron can be very brittle. So no surprises there.
It starts out looking 1950s, but that metalwork says 1970s. Origin... probably the United States. I remember seeing similar pieces on "gift...
It has candle holders and appears to be bronze. I guess they were still using candles in the 1870s but it might be even older. Could this have...
It's made from "leftovers", ground up bits mixed with resin. It does make life easier on the artist.
Probably glass, possibly dyed aventurine. Safe money is on glass, but you never know.
My sister is here planting stuff with my niece. Mom's cooking latkes. My "child", all 8 pounds and gray fur of her, is hiding in the basement....
Pretty well thrashed. I'll have a go at it tomorrow if I have a minute during the Mother's Day festivities. Such as they'll be.
I'm a quilter, not a vintage textiles dealer. I'm 90% sure this is machine made, but just in case... better ask first. It's been sitting in my...
It could have been anyone, but probably some Rhode Island jobber. I'd be thinking BSK for what it's worth.
I'd say that's exactly what the OP's is; that's a brand harry spankers chain on there, or 1990s anyway. That's when a lot of these restrikes were...
1950s Italian glass box - perfect.
Oho - hundreds of pounds of Mess-With-Mes. I can dig it!
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