We need to see the backs.
While I was finding link on how to post, the 2 of you nipped in. Still, may be helpful. And welcome Brittany.
Did you tell them to sit on it? :angelic:
Soy sauce?
The two look extremely different to me. I back AJ on age. If you were in the US I would suggest it came from the Bombay Company or Pier One.
Suggests they are a set & used on the table.
Sunstone a definite possibility. The ring may be artisan made; I see this sort of thing at crafts shows.
Are they stoppers? Sake bottles, something that way? Edit: no, more idiocy.
Maybe redemptive: [ATTACH] Is the end on the left of the photo flat or hollow? Question is whether they are a set or NOS. Where were they...
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I get a similar issue with cameos a lot: is that some kind of signature or just random scratches on the back? The TF looks like stray paint to...
It seems to be common knowledge among folks who handle antiquities regularly, but my own knowledge base mostly contains info pertaining to...
I find it interesting that the space between each numeral is marked off into 4 segments rather than 5. It permitted them to center those little...
Think the original glass would match the carafe, but sounds as though someone continued to use it by the bedside after the glass broke.
Think the striker area on the side, interrupting the design, means matches came into it in some way. [ATTACH]
They look rather like Assyrian soldiers/archers of 3 ranks. To my eye, vase looks too unblemished to be very old.
Wonder if it's not a bedside water carafe, missing the glass that covered the mouth when not in use for drinking.
Well, starting point would be scrap value, currently $510. Next step would be to look for others that are similar & seeing both what is being...
Like the one AJ shows us, more like ribbons than what we now think of as a belt.
I was wondering if there is something like a pantograph for 3-D objects. It seems there is. The boom in the production of bronzes during the...
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