I would like to know what this kind of art is called (if it has a name), and from what era. I'm pretty sure it's 20th C, but is it pre-war, or...
I really don't know what to properly call this receptacle. Several of my antique glass tumblers fit it well enough to use, but I wonder what it...
Found this in Seattle, 1972. The leg had, unknown to me, been glued (I had failed to examine it closely, so excited was I to own it)...and the...
This was a painful lesson in my youth...well, about 40 years ago actually. Sold as Sterling, but is plated brass. Sigh...4.960 oz Troy; 154.3...
~6½" rim diameter, ~4⅛" rim height; weight ~1016 grams. It ignores blacklight. On the bottom, in a circular fashion just inside the wear...
6" high, ~2½" X ~2¼" cross-section, ~2⅞" rim diameter, ~⅛" wall at rim; it weighs 217 grams. The rim is ground, and maybe not as noticeably,...
~4½" high, ~3" balloon diameter, ~2⅝" foot diameter; ~870 grams. There's no indication of age; no fine scratches on the foot, no soil...nothing....
This was a gift from the remnants of an Estate with very many fine firearms. I didn't get any of the others, but I'm happy to have this one. The...
~3¼" tall, 63 grams. What looks like a signature may be her name...or something else. The characters are reminiscent of Chinese...but I wouldn't...
1½" diameter at the rim, 1⅜" at the foot, 2⅛" tall. The bottom is the only unglazed portion. The mark is underglaze. It's the right size & shape,...
~5⅛" tall, ~2⅝" X ~2⅛" at the 'belly', weight ~4½ ounces each. Their capacity is about 5 ounces. The porcelain is somewhat translucent. The...
Shamefully unmarked. 2⅛" between the semi-circular ends, so probably a 2" fabric belt or sash, which would enclose the .048" brass wire. The back...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] ~9" diameter, ~½" high, ~466 grams. Several apparent repairs on the backside, at the...
I got this at a rural farmstead estate sale in 2009. The seller didn't know what it was for, but said it was her grandpa's and that she recalled...
It's 6⅜" high, ~3⅜" max. diameter, ~1⅝" rim diameter, 2⅜" foot diameter. Weight is ~11¼ ounces. The core is white, the case is transparent amber....
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] These came back in 1952 with an uncle who spent ~7 years in Japan immediately following the...
Long story short: this was a gift from an old packrat who had owned it for long & long. Neither he, nor anyone he had ever shown it to, could ID...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] First, there is no inkwell. I have only had these maybe 15 years...and do not...
I'm a sucker for unusual bells (yes...and a few other things). This is the second wooden bell in my collection, acquired within the last 2 or 3...
Full disclosure: I'm not a horse person, even a little. Kids & Grandkids are, and some friends, too...but the creatures don't like me...never...
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