Really beautiful plates ...envious!
I had a quick look online and found a classified ad by the Boston Bronze co., looking for "canvassers" in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle dated march...
@spartcom5 paid $4.00 for them so for sure they are worth at least $4.00, right? I'd even have considered them if they cost a bit more - maybe...
With that base I'm thinking the orient (China) ...but you never know, it might be from somewhere in the west too ..
Interesting piece! Any idea how old?
Who would bother faking a cruet like this? Nobody. However this seems to be marked TifTany and co. Who are they?
If it isn't COMPLETELY dried out you can safely remove it intact without resorting to scraping tearing or otherwise butchering it by repeatedly...
These are for hot tea, usually with lemon in cups like this. Russian style tea!
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So dementia hasn't set in just yet then? ...Good to hear.
Actually the patterns (figures etc) are not true classical representations but mainly from the pen and imagination of an 18thc English lady! have...
We call these things claret jugs.
I don't actually mind that folks are obsessed with mint condition when it comes to old things - more for me!!
Although it is ideal to have perfect pieces, I don't mind drilled, repaired and tinkered pieces and I hardly consider them worthless. Oh and I...
You know I didn't even see any back then - I just did the designs on paper and the silversmiths made the pieces. I did make original jewellery at...
No the stuff was just marked "Sterling"
Hate to say this, but worked for a short time as a designer in 70's Vancouver creating "Navajo" pieces for a large retail chain....
So I guess we would call that a "side" chair :D
Not so new Charlie, I'd have picked it up too. Good score, the paintwork is very nice. Keep your pens and pencils in it!
If it is, that would explain the lack of visible grain ...It doesn't look like bone to me either - I'd take a flyer on it, I quite like the form.
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