Not sure I'm correctly understanding how this moves. Does the second photo show it with only one end raised? Does it lift on the left as well?...
It looks like a monogram of TA or AT to me. The A at the bottom could be the potter.
I love the Finnish Moomintroll books, barely known here in the US. Very big in Finland &, you guessed it, Japan. I could never figure out how...
Think it is Denise & that last name also starts with a D. Désar(m)?____ with another é toward the end, perhaps iére. This would be quite a usual...
This one is especially for @BoudiccaJones She is really an Amazon, the pelta (shield) and labrys (double-headed axe) are the clues, but what do...
Would a couple of batteries fit in there? It does look like a pointer. Wondering if it could be a forerunner of the laser pointer & that little...
I like this one better than most from this period & later, but with funds & space limited, I try to stick to things that appeal to me, sometimes...
If that rack is shown oriented the way it would hang, the cues would be vertical.
Good question. I don't think anyone has studied or written about cameos like this, or given them a name. Early in the 20th century, cameo...
In the Symposium, Alcibiades likens Socrates to a satyr & that became one of the conventions for depicting him, with a bald head & snub nose....
Is there anything one can do askance other than look?
Consignors to auctions often wish to remain anonymous. I don't know where you live, but I have no neighbors who could be described as a 'lady of...
Think cues are not stored horizontally because they warp. Wil's rack looks so much like the one komo posted in essential ways, particularly the...
This feels like a movie where the minds of the dog & the owner change bodies.
Afraid it looks like the kind of thing you make at camp, when you have to do crafts instead of outdoor activities because it is raining.
Because provenance from the rich/famous/socially elevated adds cachet & helps reassure potential bidders about quality & authenticity. I was...
I'm won over. Designed to both display & secure something, so long guns would seem to be it.
Yes, that was quite an episode. I am starting to want to go on a tour of Green-Wood cemetery. I have a tiny ring, with a teeny-tiny intaglio...
Excellent find. :happy:
How big is it? Following my train of thought, wondering if eye screw is for adjusting tension on something rather than for mounting the piece. I...
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