Candle holder?
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An update, and revised opinion - when researching your basket I found a very similar one listed on etsy, which I purchased. I now have it in hand,...
I know nothing about how AI works - but it seems it should be developed on at least 2 tracks - one for creative fiction, and one for factual,...
The Ainu are the indigenous inhabitants of the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, but I had not seen these figures before. So.....down a google...
I finally looked back at some of your earlier posts, and see that some of this ground has been covered before. Do you know if your father paid...
X-ray fluorescence is a good technique, as well as energy dispersive x-ray diffraction (ED-XRD). Both can provide information on the metal...
From the colors/corrosion, it looks like the dagger is made of bronze. By Roman times, when the cult of Mithras was popular, the use of iron/steel...
This article may be helpful in understanding the Jewish diamond trade:...
Moriage is a Japanese term for a particular decorative technique of using thick clay slips or enamels to create raised designs on pottery or...
Why?
Almost certainly a recent reproduction. Such figures are known as "coqueros" (coca-chewers), and were made by the pre-Columbian Capulí culture...
The third piece in your post can be described as a "bottle vase" (it may have been used as either a bottle, or vase, or both), and appears to be a...
I am not a specialist, but I have observed that it is a tradition in many Asian cultures to reproduce classic styles, sometimes over centuries....
The second one looks like typical Maricopa pottery, from the U.S. Southwest. https://kinggalleries.com/product-category/maricopa-pottery/ I...
The fabric on the bottom of the bowl looks like it may be incorporated into the structure of the bowl, not just applied to the base. It may be...
@bosko69 - Although the images you have been posting can be found through google image search, it would be nice/helpful if you posted links to...
Hi Any - Rene posted a link earlier in this thread to a wikipedia article (that he wrote) about the thief, Edward Thonen:...
Do you have the business name? Some people here are very good at tracing business histories and advertisements, which might provide more insight....
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