I've had the larger one for years and bought the smaller one a few days ago. I tried looking them up and just get conflicting info on date and...
I will, it needs a lot of attention, the front slope flap has been glued poorly so it will need to be dismantled, fingers crossed it was done with...
I said rare, not unique ;)
Very good point, I'm sure with the right program these could be knocked up in no time. Although you do still need to buy the wood, Sandalwood and...
I've always wondered if fine wood carving will be faked by CNC, the only problem will be writing the code for just one piece and then I don't...
Yeah :) we thank people who can't list fab items on ebay, my favourite kind of ebayer. This was the original listing...
According to the article it took 3-6 months for a master carver to produce, when I get the restoration finished I'll take photos to show how deep...
I took a punt on a writing slope selling on ebay a few days ago, bad photos and a poor description left me feeling apprehensive when it arrived...
I have been putting Google lens through it's paces over the last week or two and it's good on pottery design and some distinctive box design but...
"That one is ceramic and Mississippian" lol, so it is. Next time I'll engage my brain
The grain looks more root than burl
Keeps coming up with the same thing "wabi sabi root bowl" ?
It really does look 300-500 years old, this one is at least 600 years old and yours looks older...
The quill box reminds me of my first quill box, I only changed it when I got my hands on the one in the photo. The Galle box is just amazing, what...
This is what I would call a Ceylonese ebony carved box [ATTACH]
What I call a porcupine quill box but I do have a vizagapatam box covered with porcupine quills [ATTACH]
Not really, they often have cracks and splits, that's the nature of ebony and especially Galle boxes
These deeply carved ebony boxes and porcupine quill boxes are both from Ceylon but miles apart in value, a very good porcupine quill box (one that...
BTW "there are no porcupine quill interior decorations" it shouldn't have any porcupine quills, it might have some ivory inlay in the lid or a...
"(but do remember everyone can make mistake)" I have a few downstairs in a draw ;) we don't talk about those
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