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Thanks Cheryl, makes more sense than Russian 18thc.:shy: @DragonflyWink Although .... not a 12, that still looks like the number 72 in that...
Sorry, best shot I could get ATM ...I assure you it is a #2 though, not an omega.
Found these in a shop today and even though I wasn't familiar with the style of marking, the spoons looked old and made from solid metal, rather...
Would look great posed next to the cee-ment pond with a nest of golf eggs nearby.
Gong Li at her best - How about Ju Dou? You must have seen that too, right?;)
Could be, but more likely a spice box imho
This isn't really an opium pillow, they didn't really look like that ..it is a box in the form of a Chinese pillow, but pillows weren't made as...
Man, that is one ugly t-shirt, I guess the uglier the more expensive!:smuggrin:
Modern decorative item, agree.
I got the reference, good one @johnnycb09 :D
You guys need to rent "Red Sorghum" and then you'll see a procession in action ..not a fancy as the embroiderd one, but you'll get the idea...
The originals has Ivory parts. Mass produced copies like this one used celluloid ..even so, the copies are quite desirable but the original...
This is a modern interpretation of a traditional 17thc Dutch "flower piece", (vase of flowers on a ledge) produced for the interior decorator...
These copies are wonderful works of art in themselves. I always buy them when I see them and yours is a beauty. It is probably from the 1970's,...
Occasionally this is true, however you are more likely to find owner's marks - and in better cared for pieces, several generations of owner's...
Looks late 19thc to me.
I think we owe the popularity of Japanese goods and japonisme design to the British designer Dr Christopher Dresser - and of course those American...
Oh alright, not Made in Japan per se, but the altogether different "Japanese Made":banghead:
Of course it's Japanese - it even says made in japan!:wacky:
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