On the box, according to Rontgen: the top mark might be the Schonwald Porcelain Factory, the bottom mark is a decorator mark: Paefer & Schafer,...
Curious about what you are using for a weight.
They look like lampwork figures of no particular function. The glass equivalent of balloon animals.
The Arabia is certainly an interesting story. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabia_(steamboat) According to the Wikipedia article, the...
Conta & Boehme.
Silchman?
I hope the first post of the new year is auspicious, but this is not a new find. Another item purchased in the ‘70s. I don’t remember what I...
A final impulse buy to usher out the holiday season and 2019: [ATTACH]
Labradorite in the second last. I wonder if the first might be iron stromatolite?...
I think part of the charm is the shape of the figurine, but part of it is also the naivete of the painting, but that may be what works against it...
I think it has character, but that's no guarantee of originality.
Let us know what you hear!
To me it looks like cased glass, opaque white over blue, with the pattern cut through to the blue and lots of added gilt decoration.
Maybe you could contact them and ask. Could be from the earlier period. Just a guess. I believe it's much copied....
Isn't that the essence of education? None of us are working ex nihilo.
It's another tool, and useful to know. Thank you. I expect that for dealers of fine art, which I have never claimed to be, it must be a usual...
I think it's beautiful. Maybe Wemyss? Frankly, looks better than the few Wemyss I saw on a quick search.
The stenciled number - 912e - if it is a Christie's number.
I didn't even know about Christie's stock numbers. [ATTACH]...
I'd like to see the framer label. Was the painting held in the frame only by paper tape?
Separate names with a comma.
