Hollyblue, you're right, thanks for the correction.
This is a vintage silver plated engraved tennis award bowl I bought at the thrift store awhile ago. I remember trying to find out who the players...
2manybooks, thanks for showing the photo on how they were used!
Thanks for the url kentworld. I did check there and I think that's where I found it was Kutani. I just rechecked there but couldn't find any other...
Oh My Goodness! Double Kudos and many thanks to 2manybooks for finding this, Very Good Job! It's unbelievable, you just never know sometimes what...
And the plot thickens...
I don't think it's aluminum, it's way too heavy to be that. It weighs 11 ounces. The metal is nicely tapered from the larger "S" area to the...
I thought trivet too but the center "S" section is thicker than the two 3" spirals so a pan or pot would rock on it. It does look like art...
This is a metal spiral thing I purchased awhile back from a thrift store. It's about 6 1/2" wide and the spirals are about 3" in diameter. It's...
This is a vintage Japanese porcelain charger I bought from the thrift store awhile ago. It measures about 10" in diameter and is heavy. I...
This is another vintage Chinese landscape painting I bought a few years ago. Again, I think it's mid-century and the image measures about 15" in...
This is a vintage lady and cherry blossom tree silk painting I bought at the thrift store a few years ago. The silk image portion of it measures...
Debora, thanks for that info. I did look at the site but didn't look at the history page until now. Thanks again.
2manybooks, I took the map out of the frame and did a few more close up pictures. It looks like from these images to me that offset lithography...
Thanks for the replies. Asian Fever, thank you so much for the interpretation and the information. I'll do some more research based on the...
May have to end up trying to get information from the original gallery. The framing looks to have been done a long time ago, perhaps mid-century...
Hi, thanks for your reply and information. It does not seem to be an offset in the printing process of compass lines or the in the letters LVCEM...
Thanks for the replies. I have looked at the image with a 10x loop and there are no dot patterns, it is definitely hand-colored. There is also no...
This is an old map I bought at the thrift store today. It says on the top "NOVA ORBIS TABVLA, IN LVCEM EDITA, A.F.DE WIT." There is a sticker on...
Thanks Any Jewelry.
Separate names with a comma.