The Louvre has been raising funds to reunite a cameo lid to the agate box it originally topped. They have the box, but the lid had become...
I'm another one who only looks at pictures, but this is the one that catches my eye: [ATTACH]
Beautiful collection!
If it's a favorite store, take some photos inside and out while you can.
I'm curious to know if the story could be true. I can't say that I'm seeing that kind if age in the enameling.. looks more deco-ish to me but I...
The Wagnerian napkin ring ring cycle.
https://napoleoniiixixe.com/necessaire-de-fumeur-service-pot-tabac-faience-signe-cm-creil-et-montereau-xix.htm From the description in that link:...
Apparently this is going to be a TV show. I've been seeing promos for it.
I think it could be a date. That would make it a Christmas present to Beatrice in 1942. Is this carved agate? Sardonyx?
I think they're about the coolest things you've ever shown. Are they celluloid? I think they could be antique. The one looks like it has a hook...
And there are 3 little dots on the bottom that look like kiln stilt marks.
https://www.lelandlittle.com/items/446009/antique-chinese-ginger-jar/ https://www.kidzo.fr/ProductDetail.aspx?iid=130471276&pr=26.88
Kimonos did not have pockets, so the little necessities would be carried in a small bag or box (inro) suspended from the obi sash and secured from...
Once again not paying enough attention to who is writing the particular post....
I think this was made in the post Meiji period was was not intended as a functional object. See your other post, which I think shows a real,...
The equal sized holes suggest it was done as a decorative item.
This looks like an old and functional netsuki. Maybe the real deal. You can see how one hole is much larger than the other. Kimonos did not...
Maybe a retirement gift? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrichsgymnasium_Kassel The Friedrichsgymnasium was founded in 1779 as Lyceum...
I've read that Salinger worked on "Catcher" for years and that he carried the manuscript with him throughout the war. He also had a big thing for...
The jacket certainly looks original to this edition. It's beat up enough. All the jacket says is this isn't a first, which is also what the...
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