Those early spoon holders are fantastic ..although we know those would not have been for "souvenir" spoons. Early silver collecting wasn't based...
Food dish for reindeer? The red color is so you don't lose it in the snow.
The finish could be orange shellac. I've used it a number of times on case pieces. It provides a deep, rich finish that holds up really well, but...
Wow. And it's only 4.25" high. That's $6077.65 per inch... roughly!
Bonham's in San Francisco is no longer accepting anything valued under $1000.00
I have often wondered that myself. But great for insurance appraisals, no?
Not that it really matters, but they look like bearded iris to me. Horticultural accuracy is frequently the sacrificial victim of art. :bored:
Found this from the Royal Ontario Museum- they are not getting any more specific than "late 19th c." , stemming from the popular elite hunting...
I'm not sure what textile fragment would qualify as a religious relic, aside from the Shroud of Turin. A piece of Joseph's donkey blanket, maybe?
Oh, the glass! The ceramics! The metal ware! The textiles! The chairs! Someone will come away with some treasures!
No, twasn't that one, but thanks. The bell had a sea shell as part of it. How weird the post has disappeared!
Well heck. I searched the forums for 10 minutes but can not find the original post. It was a "What is it?" post and they found it in their attic?...
I have no examples to draw from but the two combined scream pharmacy to me.
The aesthetic style reminded me of the Chinese medical dolls, but I can't find any examples with removable legs. Possibly a version from a...
Not exactly what I was expecting... :bored:[ATTACH]
Why don't you run it as a silent auction? People write in their maximum bid and the highest wins.
My father had one very similar to the duck head. I believe he bought it , as a tourist memento, in Central or South America. Probably in pesos?
Sometimes called a console bowl, for atop your new pride-of-place television ![ATTACH]
Or to keep them harder to open by the baby?
Yes, it's definitely "grandmajolica". What horrors lurk when you turn bored housewives loose with green ware and a shelf full of glazes.
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