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    Any coat of arms-type experts here? Wooden box needs id help

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    Post by: Nutcracker, Apr 22, 2018 in forum: Antique Discussion
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    Any coat of arms-type experts here? Wooden box needs id help

    [ATTACH] [ATTACH] This old box was probably made for cigarettes. Forgive the badly focussed images but the carving is very finely done and I'd...
    Thread by: Nutcracker, Apr 22, 2018, 27 replies, in forum: Antique Discussion
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    Very strange ornate vase

    Thank you! So do I. There's a house I've got my eye on and I'm about £50k short.
    Post by: Nutcracker, Apr 18, 2018 in forum: Pottery, Glass, and Porcelain
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    Very strange ornate vase

    Just to update any of you who were interested - this has now been attributed to Zsolnay Pecs and is off to auction at the end of June.
    Post by: Nutcracker, Apr 17, 2018 in forum: Pottery, Glass, and Porcelain
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    Any Chinese experts here?

    Thanks AsianFever.
    Post by: Nutcracker, Mar 19, 2018 in forum: Pottery, Glass, and Porcelain
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    Any Chinese experts here?

    Thanks all. It was only a 50p item so 1p per year isn't bad. I don't think it's fake old though because it's unlikely they would have date...
    Post by: Nutcracker, Mar 18, 2018 in forum: Pottery, Glass, and Porcelain
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    Any Chinese experts here?

    This little pot is well marked but I can't find out what the marks mean. I think it's old. All the bits on it that look like dirt are in the...
    Thread by: Nutcracker, Mar 17, 2018, 6 replies, in forum: Pottery, Glass, and Porcelain
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    Need Opinion's Please

    Could a fire extinguisher from the appropriate date fit nicely into it? It looks like housing for something like that in order to make it fit into...
    Post by: Nutcracker, Mar 2, 2018 in forum: Antique Discussion
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    Very strange ornate vase

    Their first reaction was Austrian early C20th but they're sending my pics on to their pottery specialists. So fingers crossed they come back and...
    Post by: Nutcracker, Mar 2, 2018 in forum: Pottery, Glass, and Porcelain
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    small table mirror

    What's the glass like? In terms of foxing, thickness, back finish and general vibe. That might give you more of a clue.
    Post by: Nutcracker, Mar 1, 2018 in forum: Antique Discussion
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    Glass jar with silverplate top and base. Old? Use?

    Looks like something you'd see on an old fashioned drugstore counter.
    Post by: Nutcracker, Mar 1, 2018 in forum: Pottery, Glass, and Porcelain
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    Very strange ornate vase

    Thanks verybrad. That article was really helpful. Particularly the bit about snakes. I think my next step is to send pics to a ceramics specialist...
    Post by: Nutcracker, Mar 1, 2018 in forum: Pottery, Glass, and Porcelain
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    Very strange ornate vase

    You're right! It does. The sort of cobra that would talk in a movie.
    Post by: Nutcracker, Feb 28, 2018 in forum: Pottery, Glass, and Porcelain
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    Very strange ornate vase

    Sorry! Life got in the way. More pics as promised (and the pencil marks don't get any more readable however I look at it)... [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
    Post by: Nutcracker, Feb 28, 2018 in forum: Pottery, Glass, and Porcelain
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    Very strange ornate vase

    It's about 22cm/9" tall. I'll take some more pics tomorrow when daylight returns. The only thing that looks dodgy to me are the jewels. They...
    Post by: Nutcracker, Feb 26, 2018 in forum: Pottery, Glass, and Porcelain
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    Very strange ornate vase

    Thanks Walter. You're getting my hopes up!
    Post by: Nutcracker, Feb 26, 2018 in forum: Pottery, Glass, and Porcelain
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    Very strange ornate vase

    The base rim on that second one is very similar. The one on mine is really smooth. Feels finer than most porcelain bowl bottoms.
    Post by: Nutcracker, Feb 26, 2018 in forum: Pottery, Glass, and Porcelain
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    Very strange ornate vase

    There's definitely lots of similarity there from what I just googled. The colours on mine are what is really setting it apart though. They're so...
    Post by: Nutcracker, Feb 26, 2018 in forum: Pottery, Glass, and Porcelain
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    Blue Willow Variation - Japanese Mark?

    I was told it by a guy who works in the chinese antiques business. He seems to know what he's talking about. We were looking at some willow plates...
    Post by: Nutcracker, Feb 26, 2018 in forum: Pottery, Glass, and Porcelain
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    Blue Willow Variation - Japanese Mark?

    You may already know this but I only learned it on Saturday so thought I'd share - apparently a little dog is put in some which makes them quite...
    Post by: Nutcracker, Feb 26, 2018 in forum: Pottery, Glass, and Porcelain
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