I'm right there with you, Books...the only comfort I can personally draw from your very surprising pair of examples is this: by the time AI...
Gone, most certainly, to their just reward. Sh*t doesn't happen...but Karma does.
Certainly worthy of more than eBay value. That's a nice piece of work!
Thank you, good sir!
Wow! Thank you Very Sincerely, Marote...Perfect!
The enameled face is 0.400" diameter, the Greenduck Co, Chicago back is 0.550" diameter. The card is ~1.250" square. Weight is 2.2 grams on the...
Komo, may we see the hieroglyphics on your'n?
Very Nice, Jannie...Thanks! Here's my one an' only Scarab: https://www.antiquers.com/threads/carved-scarab-ceramic-bead-with-hieroglyphics.83986/
Oh, NO! How can that BE? I was so SURE! Sigh. Thanks, Debora...
Well, folks...I took it out of the frame. It was matted, with thin light blue paper, an' held right against the glass by a heavy corrugated...
I find it odd that renown William Derry framed these Friends slightly out of plumb; the horizontal line supporting the geese is higher on the left...
As a guess it may be an oil lamp, missing its wick/glass support. It is beautiful; I can't help with the signature but am envious...Thanks!
Sigh...I had such sweet hopes. Anyway...Pirates frequently used all-black flags, which served as a warning to other ships before an attack. These...
I cannot disagree, Debora...but I can Hope! EDIT: I asked Google; here's what popped up: AI Overview The American illustrator you are likely...
No, sir...only that it might have been sawn anytime after sawmills became common. Sorry for the confusion...
The frame is 10 3/4" by 7 3/4"; the image is 7 1/8" by 4 1/4". The look is as if matted, but it isn't; the image ground is white, the 'mat' is a...
Beautifully integrated grain, a lovely piece of work! The bottom faintly shows radial sawtooth lines...which could easily be 150 years old.
WAY Cool...Thanks, Bosko!
I've got a modern cranker, the horizontal-cut kind...I like it, an' the clean results. I also have the battery-powered teardrop, which cuts...
Nice! If truly period...would it belong in a museum?
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