Uhh...I wouldn't paint it, if it were mine. At least not until I completed some due-diligence research. I don't know a damn thing about furniture,...
Nice piece! I think the wings suggest that you've shown it upside down...which would make the symbolism more powerful, I believe.
G'day, Mate! Welcome here...it's good to have you aboard!
No scale, so probably not any kind of ruler...but yeah, scroll weight, or page holder for a large book...perhaps?
The brass strip measures ~3/4" wide, ~7" long, ~1/8" thick; weight is ~3 oz. The bamboo decor on the reverse is acid-etched using a resist; the...
Nice score, Bosko...I've got a blue tooth in m'speaker, too, but my dentist says it'll have to come out inna spring...if it don't fall out before...
That's a bit over 13 inches...the principle is the same, whatever the pipe (or valve) diameter. I don't believe yours is over-large.
I'm an occasional user...among contemporaries; kids don't get it.
I'm not familiar with that method of marking wooden netsuke. I think they're new. Edit: I could be wrong; I remember once, in '67...when I thought...
Sounds quite 'catty'...if you'll excuse the expression.
From a long ago High-School art class, I seem to recall that 'thrown' had to do with first having to literally throw a wad of wet clay onto the...
Well Done, RT...
Very good pics of some fine costume jewelry...Thanks!
Good research, Bosko...does slow wheel relate only to coiling...an' fast wheel would be for thrown work? You can tell I don't know much about wet...
I've seen that same color with gold treatment...I'm thinking Haeger, but that's just a guess.
The bottom seems to be dead-flat...as if it were string-cut from the wheel. Can you say anything about that possibility?
You can see the seam at top & bottom center (pic 1 & 2)...but the entire portion that has 2 lions-heads, a central oval, an' a scallop are part of...
Dunno about that...if Friedman made it, perhaps...but folks use old address labels alla time. My thought was to get Postal Zone 41 converted to a...
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