Certainly shows the fragility of plique a jour.
What's going on with the head? Looks like it's been heavily restored. I'm not getting an 18th C vibe. Uneasy about the pastel colors.
I think they're looking for the items to be filmed, and if you don't have it, all they want to do is move you along. It's a long day for the...
How big are they? I don't think you can be sure about the age without removing one from it's frame to see what kind of panel was used....
Not a mark I recognize off the cuff. [ATTACH] ********* Rontgen gives the mark as Hutschenreuther 1886 - 1945.
Maybe you should run yours past Bonham's.
Sometimes when you look at the decoration on porcelain you can't help but think the painter was having a good time.
They look like wax impressions from engraved gems. They were popular during the grand tour and people had large collections. If you had the...
The color looks like it could be original to me. It certainly gives a mixed metal impression. Perhaps the intended effect is metal appliques...
It's a very attractive box. I would think late 19th or early 20th C, but to put a country of origin... it could be from any of those named, and...
Well this is easy enough - found it with the number: "Cherub as Hermes on Pedestal"...
No, I hadn't seen that. I was only going on Rontgen. That's interesting because Rontgen suggests that the impressed marks are old and the under...
They look like a faux coraline.
The figurine is 6 3/4" high. The little guy has tiny wings at his hat and ankles. Cupid? Cherub? The mark is tiny, impressed, and partial....
Could be a sawdust composite.
Per Goddin: Taylor, Tunnicliffe & Co., 1875-98. That hole in the wood was hand cut.
The writing says Royal Dux, and the applied pink triangle, which also says Royal Dux, is what you expect to see. Don't see any reason to...
So it didn't meet the reserve the first time? Wonder what made the seller change their mind. (BTW: like your avatar. That's a beautiful tree....
Welcome. Were you on the old eBay boards? The name sounds familiar. You may have once identified a Russian bottle for me. [ATTACH]
It's in the style of Ingrid, but I think the bottoms of Ingrid pieces were polished.
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