That's where my mind went also. (Piero di Cosimo). [ATTACH]
Not unusual. For painted image, carving, veneer inset work, pyrography or plaque. Perhaps he was hoping to use it as a "salesman sample" and sell...
Thank you! I was hoping I wouldn't have to unleash the flying monkeys!
It might very well be a ship's carpenter's chest. The form is similar. I deaccessioned one from a musem collection years ago but have no access to...
Attributing Windsors is difficult. You're ahead of the game by at least knowing which continent it came from. The more you look, the more subtlely...
I think the one on the right looks like Margaret Hamilton. [ATTACH]
Galalith. When I read that title, I thought I was going to be learning about yet another sinful city destroyed by God's Wrath.
Brilliant quirkygirl! Thank you!
Here's my granny, on the left. Well-behaved women rarely make history.[ATTACH]
Yes! Copper-wheel engraving. Devilishly difficult to do.
A friend sent this photo, asking if I had any idea what it is for. He thought perhaps a string holder for a goods store, but I'm not convinced....
You can also search pantograph, although it's less commonly used.
:D :D:D If only... we could do with more laws!
What the Dickens! Steamed pudding! Beware! Instant stomachache! :hungover::hungover::hungover: [ATTACH]
Gothic Rerevival! Similar forms from the 1970's.......
Calm down, Sweeney.
I'm not sure what provoked your irrelevant outburst, but Firemandk suggested contacting professional conservators of a well-known art collection....
And they're getting quite serious about it. [ATTACH]
Atrocities?
Perhaps a lovely sentimental piece evoking the romance of Elizabethan times, possibly for your new c. 1920s Tudor Revival home?
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