Thank you Aquitaine. That's the plan.
Beautiful pieces. Is the first piece wood or metal?
Thanks again Brad. :)
Thanks everyone. Brad, great photograph! I love that I can see what the pediment may have looked like. I forgot to ask if this was Mahogany?
The sides and panels look like hand carving. Is that correct? My guess was 1890 to 1910 because the center panels have an Art Nouveau...
Thanks for all the tips and ideas. I never heard of Hammerite, I will look that up. I have used the Rustoleum metal finish paints. I really...
The lamp is about 9" tall. The glass "wing" things remind me of a piece of Stevens and Williams I had years ago but this glass seems thicker....
Using "porcelain tranfsormer insulators" in search brought up this high voltage insulator that is dated 1898. Same shape but split top. It sold...
Thank you Terry. Do you know how old? I wonder why the insulator collectors didn't recognize it.
Old Guy, I found some examples on the Invaluable website. An oil on board illustration painting 36" x 21" sold for $3100. A 30" x 26" portrait...
So true.
Makanudo - that website link is Slovenian. The translation was a little garbled. It talked about the first insulators being made of wood and how...
Desperate - I just found one on the shelf inside the garage that did not make it into the attic. It's also filthy so the photo is dark, I didn't...
Gila, about pleasing shapes, look at these, they look like they came from a zen garden. http://www.allinsulators.com/photos/Porcelain/M/
Thanks Gila and Makanudo. Off to look at telegraph insulators. I found these foreign insulators on the web that are porcelain but the shapes...
She sums up most of what the Antique Roadshow appraiser said so maybe a bit of both.
My neighbor gave me these a few years ago. We posted them on the ebay boards back then and, I contacted some insulator collector websites....
Here is an article about Listed Artists http://ezinearticles.com/?What-Is-A-Listed-Artist?&id=6581862
One of appraisers on Antiques Road Show addressed this question on an episode that was a on a couple of years ago. The appraiser said that a...
Terry, if that is some type of craft paint, it might come off just soaking it overnight with water. If the tray is deep enough, you can just fill...
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