I think it's probably a print, and komo is probably.correct. These things dat to the late '50s - early '60s. They were popular enough as...
Sounds like a great concert anyhow. Adventures aren't in the doing, they're in the re-telling.
I bought this new back in the late '70s, and I think it's original. It's a favorite image, both for the deco styling and for that sort-of...
sewing machine something or other?
It's what I would call gadrooning, but I'm not sure that's correct. I think of fluting as concave and gadrooning as convex. Looking at auction...
I guess etui and necessaire are frequently used interchangeably, but I think of an etui as being a more refined case, more compact, and generally...
It's called a necessaire.
Side? Back? Bottom?
Huntingtreasure is showing the area in question. If there's something there, and it's away from the actual image, you should be able to see it....
Has a deco feel to me. An Eric Gill influence. Is there something written lower down? [ATTACH]
I can't tell. There seems to be abrasion to the surface that suggest the pigment is fragile, more so than I might expect with printing inks....
In shape it resembles a ciborium.
I think Edward. That goes better with the Ed 90.
The two stamps probably mean that the blank came from one company, and a second company decorated it. That's generally the case when the marks...
The mark is called double warrant. Looking that up should narrow things down. If searching eBay, search Paragon DW.
A variation on vermiform (as given by Chris) is vermiculé, as on this 18th C bonbonniere from the Wallace Collection: [ATTACH]
I can imagine it sitting on top of a wooden sign... the kind that extends out over the sidewalk.
Whoever did it knew their stuff. That's cleverly designed and well done. Where was your father digging that he found this? Ghost town?
Just try saying "bored bid blocker" ten times fast.
The Patino Collection: Important English and Continental Silver and Silver-gilt Christie's, October 1986. $26.00US, shipping (cheapest, slowest)...
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