Late 19th as in 1880.
I had a similar sunflower plate with registry mark and I believe it was late 19th Samuel Lear.
I will have to look up the difference between deposit electrolosis and deposit plating as VeryBrad mentioned. If it is red lacquer - it was...
Here are a few more up close images - I took with somewhat raking light. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
that is interesting! When I looked at it under a loop, I told my husband that it reminded me of acid etched glass. Slightly raised - you can feel...
JP often stands for Jacob Petit - nice porcelain! Does the lip look like it could have had a lid?
So red colored lacquerware is often considered 'Cinnabar' so in that aspect you could say it is cinnabar. A lot of resin ware pieces have been...
I honestly am not sure what mixed metals I am dealing with - it is thin like copper and when I first saw it, I immediately thought it was copper....
What does the piece look like? Have you checked this database https://www.themarksproject.org/
I have this vase for a while now. I searched google images, ebay and auction records. I am assuming this Italian but only because of the fruit....
I know it isn't ancient - or even old and likely from India. Trying to figure out the decor on this really large vase. Is it considered Bidri...
I have seen Mexican and Spanish....seen it called a sailor's box, flask or love token container.
Is the mark underglaze? I am always suspect about ink markings.
March 2019
The one I was cataloguing for the auction gallery sold for $800...
Also - if you decide to sell this - list it as a cigar ashtray. IMHO they sell better;)
Looks Kosta Boda/Swedish to me.....
Those are fun with the cap!!! I have only seen caps on lantern form torchieres.
it is an uplight or torchiere - not missing a piece just missing one of the decorative shade screws...
The pair with cowie shells look like Asante (Ashanti) Akuaba of Ghana Africa.....possibly fertility sculptures? The majority of African carvings...
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