I can't see anything rococo about it. Rococo is the antithesis of plain and this is essentially plain. Not saying I don't like it.
Jerry rig not jury. Two very different things indeed. Jury rig, to improvise out of available materials, usually nautical referring to repairs to...
Is it a ring, a bracelet or a hoop? Any larger than a ring and vegetable ivory is out.
A paper label would be quite adequate, cheaper to produce, and quite ephemeral once someone started 'cleaning' it, possibly decades ago.
I'm not so sure it is recent, there are plenty of disbound old Mughal Arabic texts out there. I don't think a picture is enough to be sure.
I can just see there is writing there but if you used a photo editing program you might be able to boost the contrast enough to make it readable.
Light leaks in bellows are pretty easy to spot from inside, just open back and bellows and look for pinholes. The tiny light leaks are usually...
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I'm afraid I don't have any info on this item, just wanted to say that I too, have bad luck with answers. If I make a thread asking for i go, only...
What you have illustrated are three different classes of equipment. The first is a 19th C. mahogany and brass field camera that uses glass plates...
It's a thing shaped like a ship's wheel for decoration. Here are some features of the real wheel. The centre is fitted with a metal, keyed boss...
I am pretty sure that has not been on a ship. From the look of it it is impractical and from the dimensions, too small. It does look old, though.
I think it is supposed to filled with carbon tetrachloride and used on electrical or oil fires. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_tetrachloride
I'd call it a claret jug. Google this for hundreds of similar images. Sometimes described as a lemonade pitcher, possibly for TT households.
One of the problems with collecting antique cannons must be the lack of people to talk about them with. Oh, and the weight and expense of course.
My thoughts exactly.
The top part probably never had drawers, those are just two small shelves. In one picture it looks as if the 'drawer' aperture tapers. The drawer...
Many Dutch merchants would be rich enough to afford such things. Also the Dutch have a long tradition of republicanism making nobility not such as...
Bravingtons advertised on the back covers of pulp fiction magazines in the 1950s with the slogan that I still remember "Take the ring road to...
You are right, Gila, and I will have to ask the bishop about a bored Canon. Does the breech part unscre or have a touch hole?
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