How big? Could be for business cards, or a place card.
I remember reading that in the 18th C men wore chatelaines. Before zippers, pants were fastened with buttons, and a chatelaine was worn to drape...
I think it's art nouveau-ish. Got that organic thing goin on. I think it's a clever motif.
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The style is called "pictorialism". One of the aesthetic criticisms of early photography was that it was just a combination of optics and...
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It's the textured paper that lends a graphic effect.
Technique could be called "vernis martin".
If they're cast iron, without traces of color, a stiff brushing should be enough to remove the rust, and then stove black to give them a nice...
Is the entire frosted area recessed? Could be sandblasted.
Possibly a table salt?
Looks like luan plywood. That always makes me wary.
We get spammers on these boards. They post irrelevant stuff to ongoing threads. The mods remove those posts once they are reported, but it...
Called a gimmel ring. @Bronwen
I can't tell if it's original or a knock-off. The problem is that there is a Goebel figurine designed by Oeslau Wilhelmsfeld that is very close...
Given the differences, I think the best that can be said is some French/British naval engagement. I wouldn't worry too much about which ship is...
Rontgen says 1935-37. You could check the "Porcelain Marks and More" site.
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following up on Debora's suggestion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_frigate_Ar%C3%A9thuse_(1812) HMS Amelia in action with the French...
It's the Alexander column in St. Petersburg, Russia.
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