Stamp isn't very clear I can make out Leyden and England but that's about it.
I think op's is a bit earlier, reg number and all that ...
Russian of course!
You are a real character my lad! Your piece has the HH mark of Holitsch factory in Northern Slovakia. 18thc.
It looks Edwardian to me, possibly staged, but a lot of photographs were - no doubt it is by a Wm Bell other than the famed or contemporary...
Yes well, so what? All fired clay has to be supported one way or another. Those marks are not necessarily a mark of age, as you have just found out.
The signature and mat wouldn't be original; maybe added by the framer? ...girl's clothing looks right for the era to me.
Probably is, but are there reprints from the original negs? Great pic though!
Jerry Wayne Garcia?
Personally I never buy old faience utility pieces purporting to be old without them having a couple of dark glaze chips on the edges. Most...
OH I see it now. It's a piece of toast again!
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I'd have to turn on my computer's microscope mode to see anything ...wait a minute! ...I don't have microscope mode!
Booths came to mind but that was just a knee-jerk reaction
Didn't see the game but the half-time show was pretty awful - no class.
been in the oven keeping dad's dinner warm a few times for sure
What's the bit in the foreground - is the bronze broken?
According to Amazon, Masonic cipher book for memorizing and reciting rites and rituals. Still in print!
Well that's a signature but what does the object look like?
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