Oh my goodness, I see one of the doll babies I had as a child! A beautiful and well cared for collection.
For those like me who didn't know the term: [ATTACH] A tughra (Ottoman Turkish: طغرا, romanized: tuğrâ) is a calligraphic monogram, seal or...
How tall are they? The one on the right looks like a replacement top.
Would a black shoe polish work? Don't use on the gold.
Lovely. Like the way light plays through it.
Why a family would let something like that go is beyond me. Must have been in terrible need of money.
I had some with the same swirl and ended up shipping to the Glass Museum in Corning for ID help. Unfortunately, they could not ID them.
As Pat said, it is a lovely piece in the Hepplewhite style and would probably do well in the eastern US because it is not of the heavy Victorian...
Looks good!
Billy, go read this thread. It should help with your ID: https://www.antiquers.com/threads/navajo-na-made-or-just-in-the-style-of.42728/
Does a magnet stick to it?
Could 7 and 8 be Penobscot or Micamac?
It does not look like the lower 'table' can be removed. Have you tried removing it?
BTW, that is a traditional Korean color so you might check there.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/303307272394 Similar but smaller...
Looks Judaic...
By the way, Jeff, I've had good luck selling porcelain with bugs on it so take good pictures of the bugs!
We have been disbursing some of the nicer family pieces over the last couple of years to son, daughter, nieces and nephews. This now resides in a...
My great grandparents had a set of sterling (I think) children's spoon engraved with the names of each of their 6 children. I have them now and...
This is true and you have to have a good eye for pieces. This nice probably Chester County (PA) desk was painted pink when it came up for...
Separate names with a comma.
