I saw an episode of Fake or Fortune where they were discussing a potential Gainsborough. If it was a Gainsborough, it would be worth £100,000....
I think it might be from the '20s or '30s, just because the added on decorative elements look to be hand formed (not carved, but cast or pressed).
It may very well have yellowed varnish, but removing it is work for a professional and requires solvents that could damage the painting. Since...
"Schooner" is a legitimate name.
I think that's incredible, and the damage is to be expected. One of the draws of ivory is that it can be carved that minutely. I would be...
Felix the Cat was introduced as a character in 1919, and I imagine it's the early merchandise (1920s-30s) that will have the collector interest....
Do you know what it weighs?
My idle guess is that these are 20th C, probably post war. I think they are prints or decals with painted detailing. Could easily be wrong....
Print or painting is a reasonable question, especially for something under glass, but I think those shots say painting. Some techniques...
I think it looks more European than Japanese mostly because I would expect Japanese to be slip cast, which does not seem to be the case here.
I've never seen acid burn from contact with corrugated go all the way through the paper. Are these single sheets of paper, or laminated to a...
What that's going to do to the cost of shipping!
There is a process called thermoluminescence that reputedly can tell when a ceramic was last fired. Don't know where you'd find someone to do...
I think you'll need a hands-on expert to look at that. Looks like it wants to be neolithic.
There was a Virtue family that produced illustrated art journals in the 19th and early 20th C. I'm guessing there's a connection here, at least...
Here's another, in a different context, that the British Museum says is c1700: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_Qq-6J-54
This one says 1707 (not a big difference): https://br.pinterest.com/pin/848647123515995317/
An elegant little vase.
Need someone to ID the characters. I have this egg that seems to be the same type of ware. (Someone told me Chinese and the character means...
Maybe Marzi and Remy?
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