Well those guys on the French pottery forum must need glasses! Not Chinese for sure, molded not thrown so factory not studio pottery ....plus...
Not arguing! I have never seen that done, that's all ...and I'm curious -
I'd use clear wax, but maybe shoe polish is worth a try in the scratches?
1 19thc is from 1800-1900 although I think you decanter is nearer 1900 than 1800.;)
Too bad some a....ole took a hammer to it, nice carpenter's side axe. Built a few masts with these.
The uranium glass decanter on the left is much older than the depression era - my call, late 19thc.
I'm going with Thuringia and quite a bit older than the Ernst Bohne Sohne figures illustrated above ..
@Ownedbybear Here's the one I bought, no holes and in good condition ..sorry the pics aren't better ...it's very big! :( [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
They ARE very nice, very very "clean" though ..do they have the look of age to you? Any good old grime in the recesses? Could they be high...
I don't know who made it but I have two others from the (I think) same factory - here's one, it's about 3" tall. [ATTACH]
A little bit of wax might help, try a small section first to test
Not the norm maybe but not totally uncommon - here's one of mine - maybe a touch earlier, but not much. [IMG]
For sure. This bit is though.:p
Agate is chalcedony!:wacky:
Nope! - agate. Hard as the hobs of h---:rolleyes: Can't be scratched with a steel point. HARD!:wideyed:
Did a trade today and wound up with this piece ..it's carved from an agate and about 5" tall. Birdies and flowers from a boulder - cool! [ATTACH]...
How, pray tell? Oh ...I THINK I know what you're talking about - using a halftone screen with a "mezzotint" pattern instead of the usual dot...
Too far away to see if the top is Teak ..can't see why it would be though unless the maker ran out of rosewood :confused:..post a pic of the side...
Now that is a beautiful glass!
Lovely glasses - I'd call them baluster rummers and from the type of construction and foot, early to mid-Victorian IMHO. Nice having the Manx...
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