There is a Japanese lacquer technique for applying gold dust called Maki-e. This could be that technique, or based on it.
I'm not getting much sense of what I'm looking at. Can you pull back a bit and show the whole thing? From these pictures it looks like there are...
Have you taken it apart? There's a chance the ceramic is marked.
Probably made in Japan. I had a planter with a similar pose, but not the same, that had a paper label reading "Thames Hand Painted Made in...
Did your friend suggest why it's not working?
I can't tell if they are engravings or decorative reproductions. The originals were engravings (and this may be). Here's "Le Dindon" with some...
I've never used dry cleaning products because they are erasers. It is possible to erase an engraving. I guess it's just a question of touch. I...
An interesting piece. The one on eBay looks more like raku than this does. The decoration on the lid looks to me like an applied combination of...
It's a nice looking watch.
Honestly, I suggest you look this up online. There are YouTube videos that show prints being washed. If I chose to do something to one of my...
I have any number of prints that need conservation, but I don't do it myself. I've washed prints, which does not make foxing go away, but that's...
Won't hurt to ask.
Sometimes things like text or armorials could be added with separate plates. There's an immense amount of stuff about old prints that I don't...
The question in my mind is: how did it lose the inscription? Generally, the plate of an image to be accompanied by an inscription leaves...
Could be a pencil drawing after the poster by whoever's name that is.
What's available in the way of museum grade non-reflective glass is amazing, but I imagine it comes with a matching price. I was at a show...
I've freehand cut many beveled edge mats. It's not so difficult.
Very cool! There must be a side seam.
Do you have a picture of the full sheet? Is there a plate mark? ****** O.K. I'm seeing it. Not reading enough. Looks to be in line with the...
I guess I'm alone in thinking it, but those extruded aluminum DYI frames from the '70s and '80s seemed like a good idea to me: inexpensive and you...
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