Perhaps he belongs in the haunted object thread.... But I did find a note mentioning that the Schuco compact monkeys had tinplate faces, which...
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He's not really very well rendered, but my vote would be for a winged ox. The winged ox is a symbol of St. Luke the Evangelist; "the ox,...
Does the elephant rotate? Perhaps he has scraped the surface; I see part of a second ring around him.
I don't have an opinion either, sorry.
I'd go along with the above posts. There is a good collectors guide to Beswick, and possibly your local library has a copy; that might help...
To add my views on this discussion: It is important to understand how the carving of souvenir items works in Indonesia, for one. Representatives...
I don't have any kind of expert opinion.....but the photos of the real Monets "touch" me and "move" me, in a way the painting under discussion...
There certainly are similarities. Assuming the ebay attribution of Thai origin is correct, these might be from there....or perhaps more likely,...
I don't have much of an opinion, other than it does appear to be a tourist-type wall-hanging in the shape of a mask. The Indonesians do often...
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Indeed. It is really mostly my fault. I admit it. Komo helped. I did like the kachinas!
Sorry for the thread-hijack.....I'm going to blame it on Komo and Taupou. :bag:
That's what I thought also. The ones I've seen with the stickers - which of course can be faked - made it appear that the "official" Alaskan...
That little boy is so weird, for so many reasons......
Grrrr.:mad:
"Alaskan Smoked Grass Bowl with Bone Carvings" http://www.ebay.com/itm/281961683945?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT...
I guess one could also mention the trick of attaching a bone carving to a Chinese basket......I've even seen those with the official Alaskan igloo...
"Antique Eskimo Inuit Basket"...
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