I have a copy of Benezit. I'll have a look later on. If he or she is French (or any other nationality) it will be in there. I also have Thieme...
Well I hate to suggest it, but maybe you have led a sheltered life ...:blackeye: Those examples you keep posting are beautiful - and of course,...
Yes! those vibrations could do that for sure! If so, they should give you a new pen!
Maybe it isn't actual enamel, just tinted lacquer? Although it does look quite thick in your photo so maybe it is enamel ..kind of wierd it would...
Yes, that's us old antique dealers, a know-nothing bunch for sure. Like I tell the kids ... "leave home now, while you still know everything!"
Why not try to take it back and ask them if they can help? They can only say no, right?
Here's a couple more, very similar https://www.ebth.com/items/8311801-antique-18th-century-blue-and-white-dutch-delft-plates
Good for you! - I don't mind broken things and this REALLY qualifies! Thanks for posting!
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It is infuriating, agree there! I don't have a better pic on hand, these were taken eons ago ...sorry
Ha Ha! - We were dealing in this stuff long before the web was thought of - a time when you had to *actually* know something, not just be a good...
Whether it's correct or not, most of us in the trade, including the auction houses, call this stuff shakudo.
I never thought it was 17th century! What gave you that impression? More like 18thc., And pretty typical IMHO.
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Brittania standard mark - Irish - OMG!!!
Interesting you'd think that! I don't know how much of this stuff you've handled, but in my experience, ...it looks VERY Dutch! One of the...
Found in Western Canada ...;)
Had this for years, oil sketch on mahogany panel, in my opinion 1890-1900 or so. Never been able to figure out who painted it ... Signature,...
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A lot of them live on Fraggle rock too (the island)
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