My guess is meerschaum or some similar stone or clay. There are woods like lime-wood and boxwood that will take very fine carving, but they're...
I had this figurine and, as I recall, I never listed it because I found it had the same peeling... but I never took a photo. [ATTACH] This...
Going to use it to display fossils?
It looks 3-toed to me. Is that some kind of damage on its back? I wonder if it might be a handle off something.
I'd guess it's porcelain. Looks too thin to be meerschaum. And I'd guess the woman to be Turkish, as in Turkish tobacco.
With the mark on a gold patch like that, I'm guessing it's a decorator mark. Some professional decorating company bought the blank plate and...
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Congrats on your birthday, and on the acquisition. That is a handsome piece. ♪ Simply irresistible ♫
Will you to be able to recognize the things those other people missed?
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I did an image search on Google and it suggested I was looking for a soccer ball. Not much help there. From the design, I'd guess 1980s, and...
A nice family keepsake, but not a very high standard of carving, and not a lot of monetary value.
Given that information, I could believe a Monsieur Caille attribution.
Is that a paper label on the bottom, or a painted gold mark?
Take a look through here for an idea on value: https://www.skinnerinc.com/search?s=Enamel+Cigarette+Case
You've got fashion mavens here who know more about this stuff than I do, but my first impression was more 1940s or early '50s.
Found this online: [ATTACH] I think it shows the maker's mark on the cigarette case could be AK, but the site that had this picture did not...
Gosh... is that Lawrence Olivier?
It's my understanding that hallmarks are essentially for tax purposes. As such, they are applied when the work reaches a stage where all the...
Need a crisper, closer look at the marks.
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