Here's another (without inscription): https://drouot.com/es/l/13114690 I wonder if these can be found inscribed to the memory of other soldiers.
You're finding very pretty pieces.
I guess it was decorated by a 3rd party, and what you see on the bottom is the remains of their mark. Unless you can find other examples of the...
I don't know how many pieces a person could produce in a shift. Not many, I should think, but they were big pieces and fairly expensive I...
I didn't work the machine, but the heating and cooling would have been critical to the production process.
I suppose any mark that isn't an assayer's mark could be a maker's mark, date mark, production control mark, or whatever else a manufacturer might...
It all comes down to taxes.
Sounds very much like the slipcast method used in ceramics. I used to work for a plastics molding company. Among other things, they made those...
Don't think it's Meissen. Those don't look like crossed swords. It's very pretty and nicely done. I haven't looked, but the T might be for Tettau?
I've heard that at one time, it was proper etiquette for spoons to be laid out bowl-downwards.
It's very like a photo, and I wonder if it might not be a pictorialist photograph - in this instance, a photo worked to look like a drawing?
Cletus C Cornflake was always good for a back story, but then... Buyers can still neg you. Whatcha gonna list? Unfortunately, even though my...
What makes you think these are from Thorn?
The glass looks hand beveled. I don't think that would be true if they were recent.
Take a look at this thread: https://www.antiquers.com/threads/philip-thorn-thorn-arts-british-columbia.33121/
As long as they don't hatch, you're fine.
I haven't chimed in because a Staffordshire figure has to be pretty famous for me to have a hope. I'm uncomfortable with the composition of the...
pastiche = pastille
https://www.antiquers.com/threads/hydrogen-peroxide-cleaning-how-do-you-do-it.9814/
If it's stoneware, wouldn't the peroxide treatment be something to try?
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