I tend to agree with aaroncab: a copy.
Seems awfully large for tea. Maybe a cooler? Could it have held ice or water without leaking all over the place?
Mettlach is the big winner in beer steins, and yours seems to be in-the-style-of. If you can prove that it is Mettlach, you should do very well.
If you want info on the company, there's lots of leads here: http://research.frick.org/directoryweb/browserecord.php?-action=browse&-recid=6086...
I thonk you'll find these are fairly standard Wedgwood (no second "e") pieces made over a broad range of years. As per clutteredcloset, there's...
Maybe Carl Erickson? I only suggest that because he did a replica pitcher that had that same kind of trailed collar for the Metropolitan Museum...
I know I read Hardy Boys, and since I had sisters, some Nancy Drew as well. I honestly didn't think there was a lot to tell between them. When...
We used to have remainder book dealers in Toronto. (Remainders are publisher overstocks that they unload for pennies on the dollar.) Their...
The hair treatment looks like Cordey.
I know this mark has been on the boards previously, but can't remember if it was ID'd. Maybe someone else will remember the thread.
I don't remember seeing this back then. Charming painting. @Courtney Hamilton: You don't have anything by him? Looks like a talented amateur....
Didn't have a clue. Mostly look at that other thread for the pictures. (It's Playboy I read for the articles. ;))
Maybe he purchased it at the World's Fair, and the personalizing was part of the sales pitch. For someone who did that regularly, it wouldn't...
OK then... this giveaway is closed, and @patd8643 gets it!
Looks like the traditional over-bar picture. [ATTACH]
That's a powerful argument. So here's a challenge: If 3 more people come on and say, "Give it to Patd", I'll jump the gun and give it.
I’ll give this away on Christmas Day (Dec 25), so if anyone wants it, participation cut-off will be midnight (eastern) on Christmas Eve (Dec 24)....
I don't suppose there are many who think this way, but I believe you can frequently get better value for your money (certainly in terms of...
The image with empty cartouche will be a printing stage "before titles". There were probably several such stages. The engraved framing, the...
They're trickling in. We had a postal strike up here and everything's backlogged, but stuff is moving.
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