This is a Bulgarian "shepherd's stick" that has somewhat similar carving. [ATTACH]
Sorry, you really need to look at it under magnification to see the distinguishing characteristics of print methods. If you have a magnifying...
With the op's surname of Agha, I would assume the spoon comes from somewhere under Turkish influence. I am leaning toward the Balkans, as AJ...
Your print appears to be a later reproduction of a hand colored lithograph originally published as a plate in Daniel Giraud Elliot's 1872 book: A...
There have been many discussions here of moriage. You can find them with a search for the term here in the Pottery, Glass and Porcelain forum.
A gamelan musician playing a gambang, Indonesian. I am sure @Any Jewelry will have much to add.
It was an interesting detour.
I just want to emphasize that I meant to cast no aspersions on @komokwa. My critique is directed solely at the deluded owner of the "Abe & Mary"...
2many's partner here, a cynic: there's nothing people won't do to make something cheap look like something expensive. I've seen half-tone repros...
Now I am intrigued with this controversy about the (not) Lincoln and (not) Mary Todd daguerreotype (the one komokwa posted). I really don't see...
Carefully removing it from the case could settle the question of what type of photograph it is as well. A daguerreotype will be on a copper plate,...
Sorry, komo, I agree with Baseball. The pic you posted is not Lincoln and Mary either.
Lincoln grew his beard in late, 1860. His youngest child, Tad, was born in 1853. The child in the image is much younger, ergo - no Lincoln. :( The...
I do not see any paint texture on the surface. The tear in photo 4 looks like it might show a layer of white paper mounted onto the canvas, which...
I don't think her dress is a uniform, just her well tailored best dress. Looks about turn of the century. The relatively short length would be...
With her hand resting on a book, I think the photo may record an important event such as a confirmation, or graduation. If she is Norwegian, it...
Are you sure it is Japanese, rather than Chinese? It looks similar to this contemporary Chinese painting of birds and plum blossoms: [ATTACH]...
No, I do not have a lot of direct experience with antique upholstery nails. From the multiple holes in the frame, it looks like it has been...
Small nails and tacks are notoriously difficult to date. Here is a post from a Conservation discussion group that outlines the problem:...
The photochrome process continued to be used beyond 1900, although it had to compete with the newer technology of direct color photography. AJ is...
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