See what I mean? Tricksy chairs!
I would be more confident about a former museum piece if there was an accession number on it somewhere.
Definitely not. But you are correct, defining a Windsor can be mind-boggling in the scrutiny of the details and variations thereof. Go on-line to...
A maker's label would never have gone on the prominent face. More likely an aesthetic movement design, perhaps a japonisme mixed-metal or tile.
Fly or die, Sister! ;)
Perhaps it's an athame, for casting binding spells on your enemies after collecting their fingernails...:angelic::angelic::angelic:[ATTACH]
AKA "grandmajolica".
DOH! Amphysian Cockatrice never even occurred to me. :hilarious::hilarious::hilarious:
Thank you! I'll add it to my arsenal.. funny I never came across it in the museum nomenclature lexicons.
A what? I was thinking it might be a liquor bottle for a very lively game of bridge.
There are a lot of Rainaud table lamp images on-line. None have figural embellishments. I'm convinced it's a marriage.
You know, I was wondering about those flat pad feet on mine. Candlestick makes perfect sense. And here's another one oneBay!...
[ATTACH] RAINAUD. My bad! I could not find an exact match for the base, despite the number "20". The way the phoenix is attached looks...
Here I have a 22.5" H cast metal Art Nouveau painted lamp base from the Rainard Co of Meridan, CT. The handled urn post and ivy foot garland are...
She really knows her stuff! We are fortunate to have her as a source.
That's why they call it "RE-search"!
Even with those old-type rails and slots? Are repros still made that way?
Thank you for that research source. My Google image search is never very helpful, and often amusingly incorrect.
It "feels" 1950s to me.. because of the spattered pink and gold glaze on the short pants...
Yes! I have seen the wolves on Borgo Pass!
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