No need to be sorry -- "rare" is another abused word in the antiques biz. You'll find that AF is our resident curmudgeon, but he's lovable and...
FYI: guilloche, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guilloch%C3%A9 , and cloisonne, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloisonn%C3%A9
Crowdsourcing -- thanks for the definition, Bev! I'm with Bear on this one -- maybe look for Norseman hotel somewhere in Britain at that time...
Aside from bookends, those half vase would be good to place on window sills and other "skinny" areas.
Can you post a pic of the whole bottom (rim and base)? Drip glaze, probably relatively new and maybe made somewhere in southeast Asia, but the...
Welcome Shangas! You are one serious antiquer! Love to hear stories and see stuff as well as the questions.
I've seen that Susie Cooper pattern before, but can't remember the name (as usual). I like the Meissen plates (score!) but haven't seen fruit...
Dunno, but maybe Adderley wasn't a big producer, so that may account for the rarity.
Oh. My bad!
Hi Roxanne! Welcome to the fun forum! ;)
I wouldn't have thought it First Nations either! Makah tribe is just south of us.
I don't think Walmart. But that cardboard backing is strange.
I think that they're tiny diamonds, Fig.
I'm thinking Robt. Thompson from the handwriting. But not certain.
Starts even earlier, Spring, with Rock-a-bye, Baby. (...And down will come cradle, Baby and all.) :wideyed:
That was interesting! Thanks for posting the additional info.
Won't help with translation, but here's a good little article about Korean celadon:...
Well, DS took one art course in high school and he made a slab pyramid, so that's how I knew, LOL!
Huh. Didn't notice the threading. Missing the base that it sat on -- trying to make a vase out of a lamp instead of the (usual) other way round?
Scanned has sharper detail, but perhaps the photo of the photo shows the shadowing/depth better? Dunno. Just my impression.
Separate names with a comma.
