If that's the original stretcher, looks 19thc.. not sure about the Sotheby pencil notation --never seen that before ..
All you can do is try and compare price with a similar piece.
it's a Chinese one
Kitty Litter can work, vinegar in close proximity can get rid of cigarette smoke (used car dealer's trick) and of course baking soda will also...
Ah ... the mysteries of Apple devices ....:D:D
I love Burmantofts, been more than 20 years since I had any though ..pretty scarce in Canada these days!
Hello - In my opinion this is a high-quality piece of modern production, Chinese, bearing an apocryphal early mark.
The other possibility is that it could be an unmarked piece of Japanese Awaji majolica ..some of the Awaji productions did "stretch" the stylistic...
Essential really.
No reason to be a copy, almost certainly a painting by your guy. Not a bad score.
Of course no-one can be absolutely sure about anything from a photograph, however, those winged shield devices are not in any way oriental and...
Majolica, last quarter 19thc. Not oriental IMO, my guess would be European.
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I'm pretty sure that is Latin .. the RAF has a similar motto, Per ardua ad astra Yours also starts out Per ardua ad ...
Yes it is foxed, stained etc, but I find Biblical Dictionaries to be great fun and important reference tools (especially if you're into old master...
Picked this blanket up this morning as I thought the design was pretty nice - kind of a Glasgow-cum-Vienna influence but as it turns out, Made in...
Vase looks more Chinese than Japanese, construction-wise ..sig is very sketchy and uncharacteristically Chinese though, so could be an "artiste"...
So the coat of arms of that town then.
Step right up! Sales of metal detectors in the UK just wen't through the roof!:playful:
I looks like Rouen Faience, what does the motto say under the coat of arms? <edit> It isn't Rouen, it's Desvres, Fourmaintraux Freres mark.
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