Gold snuff boxes... gotta love em.
I may have asked about this previously, but new eyes and all that: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Matte green glaze with coppery...
What a blue that is!
I found another on Alamy, and it's tantalizing but doesn't really help:...
It's showing up now. Thanks for the re-post.
Most likely a water ewer from a washstand set. There would have been a basin and other bits and pieces to go with it.
Was the U.S. the largest market in the 1890s? And what about all the other countries that don't speak English.
It was a U.S. law, so it didn't need to apply elsewhere, and it was subject to interpretation. According to that link, Nippon was acceptable to...
McKinley Tariff Act, 1890 From Gothberg.com: ... in 1891 in response to the U.S. McKinley Tariff Act, which forbade the import of items that...
I searched "bok choy butterfly" on Google Images and found similar.
@Any Jewelry : Is there any way you could get hold of the buyer when the sale ends? Maybe by contacting the seller? Just to find out if the...
Congrats on the "score". Hope you get the picture up.
When I reply to emails sent via Gmail, I get a message saying my reply has been identified as spam and blocked, regardless of the original message...
John Hurt? If there's a Roman connection: I Claudius?
Maps of that period would also be on laid paper. It looks like this: [ATTACH] (You won't usually see those large spots; they're flaws called...
Prime Minister Watch Korea https://www.ebay.com/itm/235289234419
I'm not seeing Boulle work here. I don't think the combination of tortoiseshell with ormolu mounts (real or simulated) constitutes Boulle work....
They never bothered opening the sugar bowl. I've found sugar bowls still full of sugar, salt and pepper shakers still full.
He's been mentioned on the boards previously: https://www.antiquers.com/threads/need-help-with-old-oil-painting.511/
Here's an article about what seems to be a similar, modern, situation: https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20170224000751 "The watches are...
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