I've seen it, can't remember off hand. I would not car boot those, and I'd be VERY happy to find them at a car boot!
No, not missionaries, far from it. ;) Grandfather worked as the manager on rubber farms in Liberia, then cocoa on the Gold Coast.
Certainly marble and very well carved indeed. I'll bet it's Italian 19th C or so: there's a thing for these charming carvings of children and...
I do like a proper Siamese. The breed has been got at so much that they have spindle legs and look all wrong. Riley is a very fine girl.
I have some Benin pieces, bought by my grandparents on the Gold Coast, pre WW!. This does have that look. It's the faces.
If you use it for flowers with water, pop a plastic bag in first.
I've no idea who you're talking about...... Jool affairs are being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's, is all I'll say.
How long is it? Might be 30s, could be 50s. Very pretty glass.
We've a large population of urban foxes here. First time you hear a vixen scream you'd call 999.
It's sixties or seventies. Try confetti lucite.
End of day is a load of old cobblers. ;) I'd think Czech, they need vinegar. Gold? Blimey. They don't check, do they.
First looks Belgian from the glaze. Isn't that second one clever.
Me too.
It simply doesn't have the fineness or sharpness of a real one. Nice enough though.
I said that in the first reply. Common Control mark.
I tihnk 32 was about all the money on that lapis. Not much left in it. I wonder if that other one is copal.
I suspect the round ones are carnelian, Chinese on silk. Nice amber chips on that other one. The two silver necklaces look fairly modern, decent...
It is indeed. Family does a great deal of proper falconry, which is wonderful.
Hm. Not convinced on vinca, those are growing from running water edges, and vinca doesn't like that kind of marginal environment. Leaves aren't...
I've seen cat figurines with the same transfer. I think they were 80s giftware.
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