Test them for gold - they sure look like they could be Indian hi-karat gold
Japanese, Satsuma/Kyoto type earthenware, marks are numbers so that pieces "match" and do not get mixed up with others during manufacture. 1910-ish
what is the printing block made of?
Welcome Barb!! - Sorry but not much to add other than these are nice chairs!
Ok - It looked like cloisonne in the pic.
take a look at totai shippo, they look like they could be that stuff
When it comes to Krazy glue, less is more - use sparingly and let capillary action suck the glue into the crack!
I'm convinced. I can read it now, no problem many thanks to all especially @i need help
If it's porcelain, dribble a drop or two of Krazy glue into the crack and that will bond the crack. A wrap is a great suggestion to follow.
@i need help - You are brilliant! You definitely nailed it!
I was talking about my Balinese carvings and the Dutch connection with an old friend and he mentioned he had a drawing that he thought might be by...
Nice painting ...there's a Winifred Koch who painted in California and a Balboa street in San Francisco, goes up through the Avenues. Maybe a...
Designed to scare the baby?
It might be meerschaum - hard to tell from blurry pix
Those (both of them) aren't Chinese, possibly German or Birmingham manufacture IMO
Well the Japanese do (or did) use Chinese characters, is it the style of calligraphy that leads you to believe these pieces are Japanese?...
What makes you say that? They look like domestic Chinese to me, but I could be wrong of course.
:D:D:D:D Cadbarium (Cadbury's) Frutus Nutticum (Fruit and Nut) Popularis (popular) From an old TV commercial for chocolate bars ....
Petrified Cadbarium Frutus Nutticum Popularis?
Never heard of it and I can do the NYT Saturday crossword ..must be a regional thing, och aye!
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