The term "sharecropper" wouldn't have occurred to me, but that's what it is. An interesting document, but no idea if it has any value. There were...
Sometimes you just need a really big wrench. Any heavy machinery/construction could use bolts that size.
A very good potter is not necessarily a very well-known potter.
What does it look like from the side?
Small for a doorstop.
An 18th century model mine: [ATTACH] https://daily.jstor.org/the-princes-of-saxony-collected-these-kitschy-miniature-mountains/ Another example...
I did find this: https://www.paykocimports.com/pewter-miners-on-mineral-specimen/ Apparently Paykoc imports from Turkey.
There's a real difference between English and French cameo glass. The English tend to be very objective with sharply defined forms where the...
I understand the spelling difference, but I don't see where I made the mistake.
Strangely, that link doesn't work for me, but searching Forged marks of Schneider Glass Co takes me to the article at what appears to be the same...
Here's a piece that looks vaguely comparable:...
There are guidelines there for inside and outside measurements, but it looks like the enamel that originally made them stand out has worn away.
11mm by that measure.
I'd guess the dog is reproduced from same ancient example: post-Roman / pre-Rennaisance sort of thing.
Raku fired. Not for anything wet.
First thing I tried looking up was Klan paraphernalia.
The lack of Masonic emblems is what makes me think it might have been presented to a non-Mason for something not directly related to the lodge.
Shows what I know.
The references I'm finding to "Supreme Council" online are Masonic. Maybe presented by the lodge to someone who was not a Mason? Maybe an...
But it needs to photographed against a plain background.
Separate names with a comma.
