Very nice. It has a commanding presence. Sliding doors? I'm wondering when they were introduced.
Provenance really needs to be supported by documentation.
The box in your link was presented by Prince Charles to Nancy Reagan. That's pretty heavy provenance. It can make a big difference. (Whether it...
Amazing. Do you have provenance on your box?
You don't give a size, but it looks like a container to hold ink for a Chinese chop: [ATTACH]
Probably flowed like that when it was applied.
Seriously!?
I think this mark has been on these boards before as fake Carl Thieme. It is similar, but not the same.
I think say_it_slowly got it. [ATTACH]
It's odd that that listing says West Germany in the title when the mark clearly says Japan. Grace may be an importer.
I has a great-great (etc.) uncle who spent his life as a miner. Never met him personally, he was an old man when my father was a boy. My father...
A Meissen porcelain model: [IMG]
The modeling looks decent. The mark is heavily drawn, but likely good. Has an art nouveau quality to it. This is an instance where you want a...
Could be Sotheby's will adapt her work for the catalog, or publish it in connection with the sale.
I'll be watching for the catalog.
L M Huruch? [ATTACH]
I would guess Carro is the pattern because it is in quotes, and Meissen the shape. [ATTACH]
Looks like a wood or lino cut. Open it up and get rid of the broken glass. It's not doing any good for anything and could damage the print.
Looks like it's about to scuttle away.
Is it Royal Worcester? I had a heart-shaped plate from 1895: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Separate names with a comma.
