Paul-There's a ton of 'Opium Boxes/Containers' on Ebay & Etsy,is there anyway to tell if a box was specifically used just for opium ? I'd think...
You must have been swimming in paraphernalia in Bangkok back then.
Quite decent little sketch.Ted Danson-a story board from 'Cheers' ?.
O'Bear-Sorry,but how does he contain spills ?
Awesome-a true Victorian 'Pennywise' clown ! You can see how these vaudeville grotesques gave kids nightmares (tho this chap's a bit more benign).
IMHO-Probably the best Roman mosaics still in existence,they are extraordinary (& 1600 yr old windows to boot !). Galla Placidia allows us to...
Nice find Charlie.I do like the 'Glamorama' featuring 'The Gaytones'-like something out of a Phil Dick/Vonnegut novel-surreal. Looks like Leeds...
Whalebone Maori Club (Patu)-if 18th-19th Century it's $$$.Where the hell did you find this ? Prob museum inventory number. PS-Pls don't say Goodwill.
The bridge in the Babel one of course resembles the Rialto Bridge/Venice-all i can find by L. Holm are books,no prints/serigraphs. The only...
Great provenance,fascinating-workingmen's pipes. Paul W-I checked out yr collection on San Diego Craigslist-whoa ! May i ask how long you've been...
Thanks Guys.What I'd actually like to find is an antique marionette head so i could crank the thing & make a Steampunk Automaton ! Smoke coming...
Here's one with the extra hinged,wooden shoe forms-which fit around & over the screw mechanism,but don't seem attached to it.Hmm,should be able to...
Thanks for the ID Terry. Yep-I was hoping it was something used by The Inquisition,or at the very least a 'Cannon Worm' used to clean out the bore...
Gorgeous-this aint' Granny's Goodwill Deruta.Speaking of Ravenna-'Original Alabaster Windows /Mausoleum of Galla Placicdia 4250-450 AD'....
Just found this doohickey today-i haven't been able to find it online yet,but with our 10,000 years of collective knowledge,somebody here knows !...
My pleasure.
Figtree-No,it's featured in an article in Collectors Weekly by Lisa Hix titled- 'How Collecting Opium Antiques Turned Me Into an Opium...
Send a pic to Trent Art-see what they think.
The Bidri ware hookahs are insane-another thing to look for !
Sorry,not a clue,but thanks for bestowing me with a new word-'Poonah'.
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