At one time (maybe around 1900-1950) there was a craze for snakewood bows - they were thought to be fancy. Today, it is understood that...
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Is the mark perhaps intended to represent a bear's paw?
As to bows; there were bows made from what was called snakewood, with a striped pattern; there also were bows painted to imitate that pattern. As...
Googling Catalin...very interesting.
...you can cover a table-top with them and pour clear resin over: [ATTACH]
Agate slabs, like Bronwen said as I was typing.
Style of varnish doesn't look German to me, despite what the label says. In any case, I'd suggest a reputable shop would provide better advice...
I'd have to disagree. The vast majority of instruments like this were not made by individual craftspeople, but in large shops, and the...
A bit like granite, but if so, with very little visible feldspar.....
Close-up doesn't look like jade to me; and I'd think not Native-made, possibly just home craftsperson
Found a closed listing for similar on ebay, described as possibly a tea kettle for a canal longboat. Engraved "Joy ?......and Co , BRIGHTON in a...
Yes, and a good violin shop won't have to repair it to know how it will sound, and what it is worth; they'll look at it and say "That's a Strad...
I can't I'd the wood; some kind of hardwood without an obvious grain pattern; could be a lot of possibilities...alder, a plain piece of maple; and...
It is amusing - I'm not familiar with that puzzle, or the globe.
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