It is not a Toby mug or jug because there is no handle. I would call it a Victorian-era bisque covered caricature jar, probably a humidor,...
Welcome! We will try! If we don't know we'll fake it! ;););)
Maria is amazing. She works for Peter Sommer Travels: Their gulet tours are highly recommended. https://www.petersommer.com/ Anywhere you go in...
Design Toscano is guilty of quite a number of crimes against aesthetic humanity. https://www.designtoscano.com/
Those have a very high WOW factor. I ran the pictures by my friend Maria who is a Greek archaeologist and tour guide. She spends a lot of time in...
Welcome! Do you work with any specific auction houses there?
I would be cautious with this one. I'm not saying yours is, but there are a lot of cameo glass repros out there. Most are conspicuously marked...
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That's what happens when you let Goths on the list. :angelic::angelic::angelic:
Well...still better than the E. Gein line of home furnishings.... :nailbiting::nailbiting::nailbiting:
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I'm curious about the solid bottom, isn't the standard design with peg and ropes? Any indication it has been modified?
He is the best! My mentor and furniture prof at the Smith. He also has access to the research done on specific regional furniture by his many grad...
I would suggest running this by Oscar Fitzgerald. I'm not sure if this contact info is current. https://corcoran.gwu.edu/oscar-fitzgerald...
It's odd-looking, not a professional grade die-cut stamp. Could someone have added it after-market? Is it definitely acid-etched?
You almost missed the party, Leslie! I understand the "feel" you have about this one. The over-sized florals are evocative of some 17th and 18th...
In my museum days, I found that 99% of the given family origin stories were disproven by the manufacture date of the item itself. The stories are...
The machine caning looks original to the chair's design to me.
And it will cost more than that to re-cane them.
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