That's BC jade for sure
Just like us during Covid 19 then eh?
In my opinion, that is extreme wishful thinking! Paste and construction look wrong for those early dates.
Not really a good design - built in obsolescence.
It's just a trade centre, rugs are brought there to sell.
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I really can't say why a rug design from the Caucasus would persist after the European conflict - maybe the nomadic weavers didn't get the memo?...
Judging by the photographs, the colour scheme and freshness of the pile do not suggest a 90+ year old rug, it looks like something far more recent.
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I think that must be it, Helena Wolfsohn. Thanks! <edit>On second thoughts, weird that it's faience/pottery .... Dresden is more of a porcelain...
Give it a good wash to remove all that applied black muck, it will look a lot nicer.
First thing that came to mind was that it looked like a Strasbourg piece - don't know the mark though, maybe someone with Rontgen can take a look...
On antique furniture I've used hard wax mixed with pigment to fill voids, in combination with padding lacquer or french polish/shellac type...
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Very Cool local history! I know where Lime Bay is in Victoria and the cedar shake mill was one of the first in BC to try to be run by the...
Why would a Korean item have a Chinese FU symbol on the bowl?
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I tend not to believe EVERYTHING I read on the internet, dearie.
Nonsense! No-one in their right mind would convert a rocking chair to a commode.
They would have to be from the time imported labour came over to the USA, so from about 1860 on through to the first world war would be my guess....
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