Agreed. Let's just say Afghany-ish for now - hard to get more specific.
Have you noticed that pencils can bend these days? Wood has been replaced with some sort of wood-looking composite plasticized compound stuff. So...
The style is loosely Turkmen Kuchi, although they use a lot of coral and turquoise ..maybe in the more remote areas of the steppes, agates and...
I guess we can ignore the 450,000 tons exported to the UK between between 1850 and 1950 then? :oops::D:D
Seen things from Afghanistan made like this, maybe it's from there?
I'm quite familiar with cm's, Canada also measures things in cm ..we even read temperatures in celsius and use litres in our vehicles, can you...
mm...spoleto ..what does it taste like? Is it like regular pasta?
The painted design looks vaguely Italian-ish, however AFAIK hardly any pottery workshops or factories in Italy (couple of exceptions but they...
Photo of the mark is too big, hard to make out what it is - or the type of clay ..otoh, the piece is rather good, looks like a good wedding...
Dutch metal is imitation gold leaf, in the trade. Basically, bronze leaf. It is easier to apply and handle than genuine gold leaf because it is...
Most of the copal I have seen comes from New Zealand. It was the main export of NZ during the early years of colonization, and it was dug from the...
Bit of a stretch, that ..of course it could be I suppose ...at least I know a room is 253cm high now:happy::D:rolleyes:
I too am a restorer and have done a fair bit of gilding, regency mirrors, bulls-eye mirrors, furniture etc. Projects missing even the entire gesso...
my guess is outer Mongolia, 500 years ago.:D
Copal is a "type" of amber too, just not quite as old ..maybe it fluoresces too? Not saying yours isn't amber, but copal can be pretty convincing...
That's probably it - isopropyl .... should be fine.
Vicky, sorry not familiar with that stuff - is that a brand name or something? #neverheardofit :oldman::wideyed::(
Plaster doesn't have grain though ...;)
I does look like amber, but could it (or some of it) also be copal?
If no dots, could be stone litho ..
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