http://www.lotnut.com/app/item.html?guid=9698a3b2-618a-4f8f-974a-6530e5a11e95
It seems to be a office type practise machine/device, if they were only sold in 1937 and didn't produce them for many years after then I suspect...
Without seeing the detail close up I couldn't tell you but not all fantastic Jeypore works are marked with SOAJ, I'm happy to give you my opinion...
Jeypore was a place in India that produced the finest metalwork items, I have done a post on a table I have from there (see below) I suspect yours...
I don't think mine is anywhere near as good as these examples but the theme of the inlay is very common for Indo-Portuguese, birds in potted trees...
BTW I would love to know what you think of this https://www.antiquers.com/threads/ivory-inlaid-box-spanish-indian-date.43955/
Any help I can give? if you post photos perhaps I can point you in the right way of going about it. It seems rather drastic to send it off to have...
I have always thought they were page turners or page splitters until I saw a book binder at work using old tools, he said a "bone folder" @7:40...
It would seem, from the chess pieces, that I'm a master chess player but in reality I'm not that good at all. My Son and I play quite a lot but...
https://www.schaak-museum.nl/england/eng-barleycorn-and-so/
Too wet and cold for a wall ;)
Hi Kent, yes this stuff is very collectable and if you had the same stuff from the 18th c then you might marvel at the prices it would fetch....
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]Hi Any sorry it took a while for me to post pic's as the camera I've been using is broken and the wife's mobile is the...
Just to prove my point, I just won this...
Very sort after table and I'm in no doubt it's Hoshiarpur the only thing letting it down (slightly) is the relatively plain legs but in it's...
Sorry to say but it just looks like Natural Hematite that has been worn smooth, is it magnetic?
Personally I don't think it's post 1850 but I'm not sure, it's certainly ivory though
I know now everyone calls it bone due to ebays rules on ivory but most of these boxes used ivory, only poor quality pre-1940's and post 1947...
I didn't think Spanish but after seeing this box and it's similarity, ie lock, inlay, and hinges I'm not so sure. They put the date on this box at...
Yes the wavy/scalloped top is one of the reasons for buying it, I did think it was early Hoshiarpur inlay from the photos but now I'm sure it's not
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