Obviously #1 - he's the one with the halo, the other one is only known for pope-on-a-rope, right?
FF Italy maybe
Yeah it's all silver, usually at least .925
pickled walnuts eggs and onions
Could it be vellum? Don't get it wet whatever you do!
I think the yeast infection has spread.
Pope Paul on his day off
I think it may be made by Archie's Pen Co.
Real antiques (in my world) have pit saw marks.
I see. I guess that's why my granny's brother's uncles cousin had a series of middle names like this? "Tarquin...
Wheatsheaf looks like oak, bandsaw marks on the bowl suggest not as old as it looks, stool not so old ...nobody in their right mind makes milking...
Yes this is Italian
Where did you buy it? (country)
People sure had funky middle names back then, not like today with names like Moonbeam and Treefrog which are very normal.
not true in the slightest, of course it is Imari ware -and good quality Imari at that.
That's what Taylor's Auction in the UK sold it as
Your photos of the (partial) Imari bowl leave a lot to be desired, but the quality is commensurate with a late 19th century piece IMO.
These are usually painted photographs.
Despite all the people saying these are 1920's I think they are later.
No Georgian English cabinetmaker would laminate that column up, it would be solid - and as for "ebony stringing", well, the black you see is just...
Separate names with a comma.
