Can you take a photo of the black object the head is stuck on? or isn't it a part of it?
Your right, it's almost impossible to tell the age or even if it's ivory from photos but stylistically it is of that period and the shade of ivory...
stylistically the tiger is in the form of tipu's tiger, there are a number of other 18th c tigers formed in Mysore in the same way. When I posed...
I don't mind being "multicultural" if fact who isn't? The world would be a far better place if people understood just how closely we are all related.
Yours isn't this but http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2012/arts-of-the-islamic-world/lot.572.html
I agree, it looks old, Indian, and ivory, Mysore? late 18th c? I'd do some research before selling.
Yeah I didn't spend more than 3 months up there until my family moved down to London, but I consider myself Northern. I have 3 older brothers and...
This is where my 808 comes from 808 State are an English electronic music group formed in 1987 in Manchester, taking their name from the Roland...
I restore everything I get unless it's very delicate, I think restoring old enough items to be french polished is a lot easier than trying to...
Very insightful, how the hell did you get that? Are you Sherlock Holmes???
Thank you, I did spend quite a lot on it at the time but now it's gone up in price
Thank you, I've posted it before but didn't get good photos the last time
I didn't know the term burl was American? and yes eeeeup Bramah was from up North or as far as I'm concerned down South lol I was born in Wallsend
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I think it's burl walnut
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I really don't have a clue but what seems a little suspicious is the thread is the same color as the outside. I would expect the outside to be...
Are they wall brackets?
If I had to describe this box I would say it's Dutch, around 17-18th c or maybe a 19th c copy, although without a close look I can't tell exactly...
My take is to look for something decorative, well made, made by hand, impossible to fake (or very very hard to fake) made out of rare and...
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