I think lava is the correct term. Looks mid-century to me and hand-made, not molded. I can't make any sense of the marking on the bottom - only...
Looks like a marriage to me. How is the top attached?
Bronze one has the most detail, so I assume yours and the other on 1stdibs are copies of it. The "marble" one could easily be ceramic as well...
I suppose it depends on what you mean by antique, but very little mid-19th century and earlier antique furniture in the US (the stuff that was...
I can't see any initials in your second chair, but I would guess the ones on your first chair are the owner, not the maker. It was not that...
Yikes. OK, that's something else I've never heard of, "caneware". Pattern does look the same. And that listing thinks this was made pre-1840, so...
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