I'll not delve into our relationship, save to emphasize the incandescent start to our time together...it was That Hot! Time, however, tends to...
~8 1/2"H X ~9"W X ~6"D, ~38oz. He is hollow, probably slip-cast from fine red clay, with an applied slab floor, then green-carved prior to...
The web is ~46" X 2", probably waxed (it is quite stiff); the closure clip is adjustable. The buckle is 2 3/4" X 2 1/4" X 5/8", slightly curved. I...
It is painfully unfortunate that so much of the shibayama 'jewelry' is missing, especially as the signature chip remains...'tho I doubt it can be...
This piece is thicker at the carved end (0.414"), tapering to 0.100" at the other; 11 3/4" long, ~1 5/16" wide; weight ~98 gm. I have never been...
~2 1/4" long, ~1 5/8 wide, weighs 35.4 grams. Looks like it has never been polished; the silver is black. No makers mark, or alloy indicator. I...
I doubt RBG would have worn it, but I still find it attractive after 30 years or so. Got it in Bishop, California. That's a Morgan dollar for size...
~36" long, ~1 3/8" X 1 1/8" ovals, weight ~5.9 oz troy; The turquoise are uniform size, but vary slightly in color. Several of the linking rings...
I have 2 needs here, friends; first, I cannot find a mention of E. Billy II, or, for that matter, E. Billy, in my searching.... this may well have...
The color is very reminiscent of Hall's Delphinium...but I don't believe that's who made it. Perhaps Vernon Kilns? It's 4 7/8" tall with a 4"...
It is a source of amazement to me that this has survived ~80 years unbroken. When I got it in the mid 90's, I spent quite a few minutes looking to...
The 3 pear-shaped stones are cut on the face, but cast below the girdle; the others are uncut, all cast. The movable part of the clasp locks the...
Bottle & stopper are ~3" high, ~2" diameter; the grass bale adds ~2 5/8". The aluminum disc is ~3/4" diameter; all I can make out stamped thereon...
They're ~3 3/8" long, ~1 3/8" wide; the pair weigh ~2 1/5 oz. They're fairly high-fired; carved material, rather than cast, an' hollow clear to...
~4 1/8" diameter, ~.300" thick, 2 1/2 oz. The probability that there were many of these 'minted' seems to be large...but try as I might, I can...
It's ~8 3/8" diameter, ~13 oz. I can't decide if the monogram is 2 letters, or 3. On the back, the banner immediately under England will not yield...
I stumbled on this while looking for something else, as so often happens. No recollection where or when I acquired it...but looking at it an'...
I say Chinese as it has nothing remotely Japanese about it, to my eye...an' China has made a lot of carved soapstone art over many years. I've not...
Part of an inheritance that I only recently received. They've been in a corrugated cardboard box for maybe 40 years...that should tell y'all how...
I've looked closely but can find nothing that looks like a signature. Hard to believe the artist didn't leave his mark on it, somewhere......
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