In a rapid search, I find american silversmiths who have "fantaisie" hallmarks, can it be american ?
For me it's just made for visual aspect, no real utility as a majority of the art pottery items.:snaphappy:
Léman is the right name, since the roman time(Lacus Lemanus), they are the french who called him Lac de Genève but if I just say Léman, nobody can...
Edouard Chapallaz was invited in Japan as a master in copper reds and high fire glazes, they are some pieces which are in the asian inspiration...
A lot of the pieces sold at the museum were unmarked, they were painted in many workshops especially for that, the inner painting was maid after...
Thanks for the links, but I'm not selling my collection, it was one of our friends and we met him at home a lot before his death, on this link...
I know that design museums have pieces in US and in Asia but I haven't any communication with overseas collectors, and it can be somebody on the...
They are used as match holder with the snail on the frog back too. The snail is very often represented in european porcelain as a collector item...
It's possibly be made for eating the snail, it will be interesting to know if the capacity is possible for that purpose, they are now ceramic...
I've put online a reference publication made about Thoune or Thun pottery which was found until today for turist and house use. The pdf can be...
It's a very simple explanation I've found, in France, eating cuisses de grenouilles aux escargots as a traditionnal receipe in Région des Dombes...
After a little search, the mark under Alpes Maritimes can be the initials for Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer what explains the price at this auction. They...
As I've put some pictures about coconut reparation and conservation, there are on this link. And a smile from one of my coconuts. [IMG]
The size makes the difference, this frog was certainly made in a very small number due to the difficulty with big pieces and the prices are like...
This is the word I search for "entremets", normally there is a cover in wedgwood for example, but some swiss porcelain doesn’t' have one, if it is...
I've found a little more in english than you have about Clement Massier, you're lucky to have found four together, normally they have lots or...
What bothering me in that piece if somebody paid me to examin it is that it's nothing on the base which really remind in the cover decoration. The...
I've found this word in my old dictionnary, it seems not to be in use now. Number of pictures now without better results filling the marks, but...
Normally I use chalk for his neutrality, here I can try with some paper and carbon to see if it can give better results.
It's very difficult to say, more bigger is the picture less readable is it…:arghh:
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