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Hey @springfld.arsenal ! I came across a meme in my internet adventures the other day that made me laugh and reminded me of you. [ATTACH]
Amazing. All the stories that pop up of people with metal detectors finding such beautiful ancient relics over there across the pond.
I was going to guess individual creamers. I too thought the lip was for pouring.
My guess, A funky 60s-70s Cypress knee sculpture..? Tho I don't know what the darker wood on the base or for the horn might be. Very fun sculpture...
Sniped! Well there you have it!
It's beautiful. :) I'm wondering if it is very early Nippon. The raised decoration looks like moriage to me, but it could be enamel. Wait for...
Does anyone know why the swipes of blue paint over the eyes? I'm imagining it's supposed to represent a supernatural or spiritual light or force...?
Nice work @Aquitaine ! I found that little trick you did made it very helpful to pick out details!:happy:
That rope is humongous!
In the last picture, the close-up of the lady's face, it looks like lacquered chalkware. I could be wrong. Wait for others to have a look. It...
It seems to be Marie Tsosie. If you search her name you will find several Navajo sites with pieces of jewelry, same signature, artist identified...
Just learned a new key word for the wire wrap in case anyone ever needs it. Krinkle Wire.
I used the flipper tool, this one with no wire wrap sold for $20. The date on the picture says 2016. And now that I know they're called "folded...
Oh, that Etsy seller says in the description, according to antique ornaments books this shape is called "folded umbrellas". 8 inches long, I had...
@Lucille.b , I hope you can find some in ebay completed auctions now, to see whether they are worth $10 to try and resell "as is".
Aha! The shape is called umbrella. Wire wrapped glass umbrella ornament. Or parasol....
When I put the ornament picture from Pinterest into the Lens image search program on my phone all I get are carrots and turnips, LOL. Would...
These wire wrapped glass ornaments are all new to me too, so I'm learning right along with you!
I am supposing the three that you are looking at were originally wrapped similar to this one. (Picture from Pinterest) [ATTACH]
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