Thank you, but hands off ;)
If she wasn't a real keeper I would be happy to give you her name and number lol I have been eyeing up some space in the kitchen :)
I hope my wife doesn't read this thread or I'll be :dead:
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I have posted this before but the photos weren't good, I did mean to post photos of some...
I hope it's real :)
If the miniature has lost it's glass it doesn't take long before the watercolour fades away, I don't know if that's what's happened to yours? I...
Truly magnificent!!! I love the silver with the ebony together, and I'm a little jealous of your Indian silver, especially given the repousse...
I think I will have to wait until I get it to really find out, there maybe evidence inside that points to it's age and origin. I'm not normally so...
Yes they are, I don't think it's a bible box I was only looking at them for the carving of the period.
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] From my Nagina collection I have taken 2 photos of arch and leaf motifs, they are quite different
I agree that it could be either and if it is English it's far more detailed than I've seen and far more like Nagina but there are points about it...
Unfortunately I'm trying to learn from other antique dealers descriptions of what they have that mine has so I can type in the right words to find...
So did I but this is the definition "guil·loche gi-ˈlōsh gē-ˈ(y)ōsh. 1. : an architectural ornament formed of two or more interlaced bands with...
Ok I think I've got it "guilloche" is the name for the flowers and geometric pattern and shelf and lunette is the arches with the plants inside....
I'm not sure if this box is Indian at all? I think it maybe 18th c or even 17th c English, I've been looking at bible boxes (because I couldn't...
The carving on the sides still look crisp but the top looks worn, maybe someone sat on it for years?
Yes I was thinking that or at least the box and carving is older, it does look a lot older than the Nagina boxes I have, it may have just had a...
How old do you think it is?
I can't believe someone would try and sand it off so I'm going with dirty until it's in my hand :)
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