In the movies, they use a stethoscope and listen for clicks... or you could call a locksmith.
Not a clue, but it's very interesting. What does the other side look like? I have this black egg-like thing: [ATTACH] I've been told the...
OK. That's jake with me! It's yours jakes vintage.
It seems neither @jakes vintage nor @cxgirl is online at the moment, so whichever of them comes here first and calls heads, gets it.
Sorry, I don't remember the link. I hardly remember this item.
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@TallCakes @Cherryhill
I was thinking: maybe anti-recoil (or counter-recoil)?
It's very interesting, but I can't say I understand the function. "A percussion cone to the rear"? It still had to be barrel loaded, but that...
I had one similar enough to be by the same maker. No info on that either, but I did call it Bohemian. I can't recall if it sold. [ATTACH]
Smart move. Beautiful vase(s).
Certainly does look like a bomb. @springfld.arsenal (love the plants)
In the silhouette: is the black a separate piece pf paper overlaying the background?
This is about as ephemeral as ephemera gets. Before the release of The Two Towers movie in December 2002, an exhibit was held in the McLaughlin...
Not Meissen. [ATTACH]
It's amateur. And here's the same type of frame not in need of restoration because it's so new: [ATTACH]
Tonalism... more likely grime and discolored linseed oil. Show me a close up of the tree. If it's well painted, I'll be happy to say so. A...
Personally, I doubt that it's that old. My guess would be more 1930-60, and amateur. I don't get a 19th C feel from either the frame or the...
I'm surprised as well that the two belong together! But so much the better.
I agree that the cup is probably a marriage, but I'm immensely curious to know what might have followed through with the theme of the stand. They...
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