Some glaring errors in the catalog btw!
Leonard and I were good friends ...
I owned a humidor (not a bird btw) once, many moons ago ...:facepalm:
Sorry but have to disagree, it is a woodblock print, it is not possible to achieve tonal gradation with silkscreen, however one of the primary...
I going out on a limb here, but the prints look original to me. Look at the titles, if the lines of the letters are VERY finely engraved (sharp)...
Dutch hat too!
The necklace (blue one) looks identical to the one I took apart to use the beads on my fishing rigs! :jawdrop:
I think that's just the light reflection from the window?
Paulownia leaf, based on Japanese "mon" or clan/family crest.
Blue one looks like Lapis Lazuli?
So just one more thing that has been 'retrofied' then ...:oldman:
Looks 1930's/40's Bohemian (Czech) to me - hanging lamps similar (a bit plainer) were once quite popular in the uk in the 50's
have you seen the Honeycombs? [girl drummer] "Have I the right" was a big hit (video on youtube AFAIK)
This is a superb collection, some very fine pieces and some not so fine, like any collection. You will have to know your onions to bid at this...
Reminded me of that Tretchikoff "Green Girl" painting popular in the 50's ..
Doing a modern interpretation of "verre eglomise" is fairly simple if the design isn't too complex - I use tape and matt-black primer to create...
These types of paintings are commonly known as "flower pieces" and are generally Dutch, although other European painters (Swiss, German, etc) also...
Shows how out of it I am, I don't know who she is!:bag:
To my eye, the stones look to be too uniform in colour to be natural, I'd say they look like they've been dyed?
WoW!
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