Here's approximately what it would look like in print: [ATTACH]
I'd guess around 1900, give or take a decade. The assassin theory sounds good to me.
Once again I find myself wondering if these are real characters, or some European attempt at imitation. (Usually they turn out to be real, and I...
Because they are relief prints, wood engravings are more compatible with text. They can be worked into a layout essentially like very big pieces...
saliva?
Based on a hunting trophy such as this one by Grinling Gibbons: [IMG] Trophy, in this case, being more a collection of appropriate attributes...
Who told you what it is? Do they know what they're talking about? If it is a woodcut from a 15th C Book of Hours, searching incunabula Book of...
I also wonder if the style of portrait is consistent with 17th C work. It seems to me that portraits on these plates are usually more constrained...
I was wondering when people started adding hanging holes to ceramic plates, but haven't been able to find any info.
The thing I've been wondering about is the damage in the second to last photo. It looks like a kiln kiss, where 2 pieces touched during the...
I think it could be said, though, that "antique and valuable" and "costume jewelry" need not necessarily be mutually exclusive terms.
Here's how it looks to my untrained eye: I think the damage you see is the tip of the iceberg. It has lost a lot of paint and looks ready to lose...
It's a handsome piece.
I think there's an episode in Dylan Thomas' "The Outing" about a woman who buys porcelain figurines to break over her husband's head when he comes...
Definitely print. I believe it's called "Madonna of the Streets" ******* from Wikipedia: The Madonnina, commonly known as the Madonna of the...
Can't see the handles being added later. The necessary heat would surely have destroyed the florals. Salamanders sounds good to me, or some...
Looking at the site Marie Forjan posted, I ended up at the same pattern, "Magna". The date works as family lore says the pieces I have were a...
I asked about this years ago on the eBay boards and got an answer, but apparently did not record it. So I'm asking again. This tumbler stands 3...
So: Portrait of you was painted by artist who did portrait of Governor George Romney, one of who's antecedents was a first cousin of George...
Neither of these has the globe or puppy attribute of a foo dog, and the tails are atypical. I wonder of these are some other critter.
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