Wow-That's a beauty,a cross btw Della Robbia & Mucha.Is that plaster,bisque,porcelain,other ? Could be a very simple repair-I'd do it gratis,but...
Yep,I'm thinking Postwar Japan.I'm going to send some pics to a few national/international Bonsai/Ikebana Societies-folks with a micro experts...
Brad-Great to hear from you,how was your garden this year ? Yep i love the ikebana vases too. Terry,I'll post more ancient Goodwill finds (if i...
Since Covid,amateur Scottish detectologists have been busy-'The volume of finds in the past couple of years is so huge that Scotland's national...
Re UK Treasures Act-am i correct the finder gets 1/2 of fair market value ? In the US I beleive the law is-'don't touch,pay fine,go jail'. Well at...
Great Teddy knowledge-wonder if Teddies are still one of the highlights of the antique world,Steiff's being the apex (least to us non-teddy boys).
Look up Katsushika Hokusai's simpler brush & ink drawings he did for his drawing/art lesson books (he did thousands of studies and book...
Lark-Your kitchen's gotta be great with all the roosters and corn. Original antique paintings of fighting cocks can be quite expensive.
re Lark-Roosters are a big collectible.I used to know a guy who owned a couple wineries,his million dollar kitchens were full of roosters (high...
Congrats of finding an interesting attic-don't breathe the mouse poop.
The only mid-class folks who get livable pensions in the states anymore are government workers who started in the 70's or 80's.The PERS System in...
In an alternate universe (the one w/ a fat pension !),I'd just drive between Oregon & Washington hitting big Malls & small stores-I could do it 7...
I did find this-'Takaoka bronzeware began in 1609 at Kanayamachi in present-day Takaoka City,Japan.Today, over 90% of all cast-bronze products in...
Yep-It's got that ripe dusky prune bloom to it.By 'bead treatment on the foot' do you mean the raised lip on the base ? I'll have query some...
Pottery-Agree,the malls have a denser concentration of interesting objects. I get NA items locally like you.I guess when a professional dealer is...
Thanks Whittier & Book-It weighs 36.5 ounces (little things heavy), and it rings (short high ring,not like a Tibetan singing bowl though).
The small charity stores are getting extremely rare.
...and turned into a Goodwill Boutique !
Here's a bronze vase I've had for a while.It's about 6 1/2" tall,either cast or hammered (the walls uniformly are abt. 3/16" thick),and I can find...
IvaPan-You just might put Granny's stuff in a safe place so they do not rot of break.
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