When I was a child, there was an abandoned orchard near where we lived. Every spring, one particular patch of that orchard would turn into a...
A quick image search using: "medieval pilgrim" statue staff book turned up this (on Pinterest): [ATTACH] obviously not the same as yours, but a...
I agree with Marie, but an idle guess would be 1960s/70s for this piece, and just from general appearance, I'd lean towards Japanese (could easily...
It looks to me like hand packed clay (as opposed to slip cast), and that suggests a cottage industry.
There's plenty of tagua netsuke online.
I don't doubt someone will be along to tell you (but it won't be me). In the meantime, you might take a look at goofus glass patterns. Some...
check Carl Thieme
Possibly shell, but I don't think pearl.
The subject matter appears to be Japanese, but not the technique. I'd guess western and amateur, possibly inspired by a photograph. The base...
From "In the Presence of the Dragon Throne, Ch'ing Dynasty Costume (1644-1911)" by John E. Vollmer: Red was associated with family celebrations,...
This is an old thread - 2018. I remember thinking at the time that there was no cause, from the photos provided, to question the technique. Is...
So if you could buy just one, which would it be?
White vinegar to remove tea residue? Or maybe not. I've heard people say you should never wash a teapot; just give it a good rinse.
Erinnerung is memory, and Rhein Reise is Rhine travel, so I'm guessing a souvenir of an 1833 Rhine cruise.
I'm seeing electoral fraud on one fragment, and narco (something) on another, so I'm guessing it's about rigged elections, bought politicians,...
Are they too large to be tagua?
The one on the right might be a type of yokai (supernatural creature/demon) called an isoonna. It's a vampire-like thing that feeds on fishermen...
Are you sure it's plastic? The chip looks typical of glass.
Might just be a White Russian statement... supporter of the Czarist regime.
So you did, and well before me.
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