These napkin rings appear to be Victorian. They appear to me to be silver and not plated, though I haven't measured specific gravity so I can't...
I can't see it as a trophy base? Why would it have a hollow opening with a tightly fitting cover with rubber gasket (lid was stuck until I put it...
Amazingly it looked to me to be in perfect condition, without any holes or other moth damage. I'll check more carefully now that I know what it...
Thank you Taupou and all of you for your help, that is great information! I guess its one more thing I need to keep - I'll put it with my other...
Fair amount of wear to the base (not visible in the pics) so I think it could be from the Blenko era, but no reason to believe it is from them...
I doubt this is worth anything, but it was too strange to discard without figuring out what it is. The best I could do to decipher the script was...
Silverplate from Sheffield, but I can't imagine what this would have been used for? It is quite large, almost 12 in high, but a mostly hollow...
This is a very fine weave and rather huge (about ten feet by three feet). Is that too large to be a shawl? You can see how fine the weave in the...
Something else I knew nothing about before reading on this site, so something else I need to ask about. I have two of these, will post another...
One of the best things about reading this forum is finding out about pieces that I knew nothing about before (like Tapa cloth). Which is also one...
On the back. The very bottom piece of wood.
Looks more late 19th century to me if the drawer is hand dovetailed - if not then it could be early 20th century. Pine construction, the circular...
Wow, that's a real surprise. Please do keep us informed. Did you send them the same pictures you posted here - or did you have better pictures to...
Just to be clear, I assume they told you this is in the style of Boeyermans, and not a period piece drawn by him correct? Has Drouot held this in...
You haven't told us what this is made of or why you think it is old. If not resin is it plaster? The breaks at the arms suggest it isn't wood? But...
Ah, I see that is what Mat meant, lacquer on porcelain instead and not cloisonne.
Then for your specific example, it is not astral (no shadows) because of the metal nipple on the bottom. When the light would shine there would be...
I take a different view when I find a piece that has no provenance. I assume it is newer, and then use the clues on the piece to convince myself...
This kind of piece is new to me and I'm just learning. But I do have some cloisonne on metal, and don't see any metal cloisons such as I see on...
There is a big incentive for anyone who owns a rusty chair with a hinge to state it is a Knoll, since they can then charge much more money for it....
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