What a buy!!!! and it's a fantastic piece, you must be over the moon to get it at that price.
I'm in the South East UK, Kent, I restore nearly all the antiques I buy to some extent. If you can do it well you improve the value of what you...
If you were local I would measure the size of screw and have a replacement, give you the ebony to restore it and guide you how and show you how to...
I'm sorry to say but it's been made to look old, if you look at the hinge (19th c/20th c) you can see the ageing lacquer/stuff put on to the...
I think you have most of it, stationary box, 1860's-1890's, ebony wood veneer (as far as I can tell), An easy restoration job, 1 right sized...
Spanish and very hard to date exactly because the hardware on all chests and boxes from Spain and their colonies didn't change for centuries but...
Unless the auction house can tell you exactly what it is and what it's worth I wouldn't put it in, I take punts on un-named works in auctions and...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Medium-ceramic-porcelain-school-inkwell/dp/B0187D21YO
Can I ask, what will happen to all the artistic and historic history these items represent to your country?
Yes it's not clear at all and the ambiguity makes me think they will have to publish more detail on exactly what the law is saying. I have a...
I have come back to this thread because the UK Gov have made antiques containing above 10% ivory so expensive to sell it's not worth buying or...
Yup, it's a hobby made box and going by the hardware 20-30 years old.
I have 2 early matching oak Globe-Wernicke bookcase and both have your ribbon and pole (spring inside) system, mine have a burnt in stamp as well...
I think the UK is right to control antique ivory and with a bit of knowledge by these "institutions" I'm sure most, if not all of my items will...
The Ivory Act 2018 creates narrow and carefully defined exemptions to the ban for: Items with only a small amount of ivory. Such items must...
Ceylonese, 1850-60 and very rare, it's a fantastic piece and very desirable and valuable.
From an ex bottle digger's point of view I would say very recent, the last 20 years.
I did contact the Denver art museum via their Facebook site, unfortunately they didn't want to help directly. I asked "Hi I wonder if you could...
Debora, I'm sure you didn't look to see if the institution you recommended actually had a coquera, I'm pleased to inform you they do but I'm not...
I'm amazed you can't see the correlation and as for pristine wood I would hardly call it pristine but we are all welcome to an opinion no matter...
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