This example had many unique features going for it - an extremely unusual and identified subject, also in very good condition.
So, the settings may or may not have been contemporary. Hard to tell. Here are some resources that may be helpful in your reconstructions:...
Is there any information on who they were stolen from? That might provide clues as to how fashionable the settings may have been.
The Pakistani weavers are getting better at this. But their coils are more rounded and distinct, compared with flatter coils on Tohono O'odham...
There is also the possibility that it is an early tintype, in which case it would be on thin sheet metal (iron). Ambrotypes and tintypes are...
Yes, they were made with a hinged cover, like a little book.
Judging from your photos, it does not appear to be very reflective. Daguerreotypes are on a silver surface, and look almost mirror like. They can...
https://www.ajantiques.co.uk/19th-Century-Brass-Mantle-Boots-.htm...
"Thrown" would be for a pot made on a potter's wheel. My partner here who has done pottery thinks it was thrown on a wheel and manipulated. The...
It does look like it might be made by the coiling technique. A general term would be "hand built / handbuilt"....
Check out this Welsh fellow's walking sticks (see the "gallery")- there are some similar features on some of his, such as the use of horn and...
Considering the material of the carving - the basic "L" shape seems unlikely in either bone or ivory. But it might be a type of antler. The...
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Welcome, @JenQ. The spout and handle do not look consistent with the body of the teapot. A few more photographs, particularly around where the...
Here is a somewhat similar one, described as a census badge: [ATTACH]...
The little medallion is Japanese, depicting Emperor Jimmu, legendary first emperor of Japan. He was assisted in his battles by a mythical crow,...
Beautiful basket. Looks like pine or spruce root, from Scandinavia/northern Europe. From Bryan Sentance: Art of the Basket, a Latvian basket of...
It looks like "tambour chain stitch".
That was my assumption, but I didn't know for sure. The company with the last example I posted, chinafurnitureonline.co, seems to be at least one...
Well, that break sends us off in a different, non-bronze direction. Here are some examples of Chinese jade carvings done in "archaic" style. These...
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