look forward to it.
jmag-just out of curiosity,how many days a week do you go picking?
uncle Leonard was quite the connoisseur,was he your real uncle ?
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Whit-You've got some pretty good history & documentation on this piece-what a Relief that is ! I wouldn't know Maki-e from Makerel. You know...
He sounds like a very nice man.
Mayan-I can't figure out if this represents the Mayan deity of 'The Old Man' or 'Xipe Totec' (wearing the skinned face of a sacrifice). Later more...
Welkom in klein Amsterdam! By the way,are you a student learning Dutch history,or are you a Dutch student learning history ? You want Dutch...
Beautiful-by the way,who the heck's Uncle Leonard ?
Just a guess-stone head could be a Taino piece (Pre-Columbian Caribbean Tribe),if it's an old authentic piece excellent.If it's a repro it's still...
If an orig remarque great,yep-true etched plate lines have that bite & sometimes almost a very very light furriness.
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Nice etching/engraving-is it pencil signed & is that a small sketch in the lower left hand corner ?
Athenian Girl Scout kerchief ring.
The other identical piece i found on an auction site is also made of plaster,so having no function other than beauty,i suppose it's art.
Extremely cool-may have been the centerpiece of an old cockade for a military bicorn or tricorn hat,don't know if it's ancient Greek.
Mine look like 2 long lost brothers,but one has a slightly redder patina and the base is very slightly diff than the other-the do look pretty...
Whit-If You do however attempt to use cheaper candles,it will take You longer to achieve Bhuddahood.Course,if You figure everything's...
My old restaurant mugs are thick as a battleship.
Japanese Warosoku candles.They're made by heating mokuro (Japan tallow) extracted from sumac nuts to melt, manually pouring it around a wick made...
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