In many places, the original ones were called carpet bowls, not balls. The truly old, solid, individual balls/bowls commanded decent prices for a...
Hi, CGP, and welcome! Well, that link does say "The artist was a fellow of the Royal Scottish Academy and also a member of the Royal Watercolour...
Mill, the one shown here says Signed "Echarly" Haitian Oil Painting...
Hi, Jaime, and welcome! Unfortunately, your photo is so small that it's really hard to see the details. I'm posting it, full-size, here: [ATTACH]...
Yes, Mandel Bros was a Chicago department store, with a thriving Art Department and a framing facility. They apparently both sold artwork and...
Whether Egermann or another maker, I'm agreeing that it's Bohemian cut-to-clear, most likely Czech. VERY pretty!!! Just for a bit of interesting...
Statcat, we had a brief discussion of another Mandel Brothers work of art here on the forum not too long ago. It may not be of help with your...
Aquitaine, I know nothing about netsukes and don't have even a single one, but I have to say, those two have tons of personality! I think they're...
Why the skull and crossbones? Wikipedia says: On some crucifixes a skull and crossbones are shown below the corpus, referring to Golgotha...
Chris, depending on size, this may be a sugar bowl, and it may or may not have had a lid. These types of Hanley pottery are generally...
Here are a few more Werner Nöfer "pop art" pieces: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I'm thinking that Journey's is probably a print.
I believe it may be: Werner Nöfer, "Lac Léman" 1968
I read this article and actually printed out a copy, a few months back - I even made my kids read it. Nothing new & different to most of us, of...
Bluemoon, I hope you don't mind, but I've copied your other photo, cropped it & posted it here, so others who might have missed the Finds thread...
...and Skin-So-Soft was first introduced in 1961... [ATTACH] ...making the 1960's date for this bottle just about right!
My Dad still had several of these at his business in the 1960's. He owned lumber and building supply operations that had been around since the...
Interesting vase, Aaron. Am I the only one who thinks this photo looks like BARNACLES? [ATTACH]
Hablin, I did find this little bit of info: Vending Machines In 1891 Baker’s began selling its chocolate bars from early coin-operated vending...
Kard, Gunnar Nylund was the artistic director of Rörstrand and created many designs for the company, so I see no reason to doubt that this was his.
Phaik, I don't know how much it matters WHO made this. There are a lot of them out there, and I doubt that knowing the maker will make yours any...
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