Bonjourno!
Got this tintype at the flea market for $5, hope I didn't pay too much! Thought it was a cool image, I'm guessing it's a studio pic with props,...
I just had to google "swiftkey" to find out that's what I have on my phone! - Use my desktops mainly so just have FFS to deal with.:wideyed:
@scoutshouse Well if you're going to go after the label again, make sure you do the "e" not the "a" as @Bronwen pointed out!:oops:
Way older than the 50's imho ..at least the 1920's plus there's a heckuva lot of *ville places in Illinois!
Agree with Don and of course as it's Majolica, it's pottery not porcelain.
Etain can, and often does mean "pewter" ;) as it does in this case ...you have a pewter jug there!
Style of carving is 19thc Chinese, similar devices seen on Ivory card cases. I think this is an old piece.
@Debora You must have gone to primary school long after I did! - We used dip pens like this one and desks had inkwells in the corners - this was...
Big! Nice piece! Doesn't look like terracotta though ....stoneware perhaps?
maybe this video can give you some clues? [MEDIA]
Well you have a good one there, Doulton Harry Nixon pieces are desirable .. or at least they were desirable ... Not a fake, don't worry, these...
I think the 1980 is a model number, can't be a date -
:D:D:D:D Peace, Man :eggface:
I think you have an engraving or etching there, not a pen and ink.
It's a Chinese censer, not too old methinks ...
One way to make an ashtray I guess ..
..who must have seen Shigaraki and Iga pots at some time ...more likely the rose potter had a look a George Ohr, no?
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